Amazon Research Engineer Prime Video Encoding Team 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

473756583

Key job responsibilitiesAs a Codec Engineer at Prime Video, you'll work on encoder/decoder solutions that impact billions of streaming hours annually. You'll collaborate with team members to optimize codec performance and implement effective video delivery solutions across various platforms.
A day in the life
• Implement and optimize video compression algorithms • Assist in benchmarking codec performance across different platforms • Collaborate with team members on video quality assessment metrics and encoding algorithms • Contribute to the integration of video processing workloads into the streaming infrastructure • Help implement production-ready solutions • Participate in technical design discussions and code reviews • Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Solid understanding of video coding standards (H.264, HEVC, AV1)

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- • Experience with video encoding optimization and profiling tools • Knowledge of video quality assessment and metrics • Familiarity with open-source video encoders and FFmpeg • Experience working on video processing systems • Experience with AI-assisted C/C++ code development • Interest in technical innovation and video coding standards