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Research Engineer , Prime Video Encoding Team

Posted On

Aug. 11, 2025

Location

Bangalore, Karnataka

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Software Development

Apply By

Sept. 2, 2025

Job Description

Prime Video is changing the way millions of customers interact with video content. We're looking for a talented Video Codec Engineer to join our team in developing and optimizing video compression technologies for Prime Video's streaming infrastructure.

Key job responsibilities

As 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
About the Team: Our mission is to build and operate innovative video streaming technology that provides the best customer-centric streaming experience for VOD and Live globally. We implement technologies that deliver flawless streaming experiences using optimal bandwidth. We foster a supportive, diverse, and inclusive work environment.
- 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)

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