Amazon is hiring: Software Development Engineer, Prime Video Sports in Seattle

Software Development Engineer, Prime Video Sports Job ID: 3120458 | Amazon Development Center (Tel Aviv) Come build the future of entertainment with us. Are you interested in helping shape the future of live sports streaming? Do you want to help define how millions of Amazon customers discover and watch live sports events? Prime Video is a premium streaming service that offers customers a vast collection of TV shows and movies – all with the ease of finding what they love to watch in one place. We also provide exciting live sports events including NFL Thursday Night Football, NBA, MLB, and more. Our team works in a dynamic environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for an exceptional Software Engineer to join our Live Events Discovery team in Israel. Our team owns and operates tier‑1 services that are critical to Prime Video’s live sports business, serving millions of customers globally with strict availability and latency requirements. We are responsible for connecting customers to live sports experiences through content discovery and personalization. Our flagship service powers the carousels and content discovery features across Prime Video’s home page, sports pages, and subscription pages. Key Responsibilities Own and operate mission‑critical, Tier‑1 services with stringent availability and performance requirements. Build and scale high‑throughput, low‑latency content discovery services deployed across multiple AWS regions globally. Design and implement resilient distributed systems with sophisticated caching strategies, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation patterns. Drive operational excellence for services that cannot fail during peak live sports events. Architect solutions that integrate with multiple upstream services for content filtering, entitlements, blackouts, and recommendations. Work on intelligent content curation systems that surface the right live sports content to the right customers at the right time. Collaborate with merchandising, recommendation, and content teams to deliver personalized sports discovery experiences. Own architecture and feature development for our Tier‑1 service. Build and maintain highly resilient distributed systems that handle millions of requests during peak live sports events. Design and implement sophisticated content curation and filtering logic that integrates with multiple upstream services for entitlements, blackouts, recommendations, and playability. Partner with other engineers to ideate, design, and build scalable solutions. Tackle complex technical challenges across the stack – from service APIs to data orchestration. Collaborate with product, merchandising, and cross‑functional engineering teams to deliver features that enhance live sports content discovery. Basic Qualifications Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object‑oriented design. Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems. Strong experience in software development. Preferred Qualifications An interest or experience in the field of Computer Vision and/or Recommendation Systems. Experience of or interest in working with applied science teams and deploying ML models at scale. Strong bias for action; ability to juggle multiple priorities and create a sense of urgency in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Location: US, Massachusetts, North Reading #J-18808-Ljbffr