Software Development Engineer 2, Prime Video Personalization and Discovery
AmazonSoftware Development Engineer 2, Prime Video Personalization and Discovery
AmazonLocation
Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/18/2026
Compensation
$143,700 - $194,400 per year
Job description
As an SDE2 on the Prime Video Personalization & Discovery Data Platform, you will build and manage online systems that transform customer behavior data into reliable features for personalization and ranking models. This role focuses on creating low-latency feature-serving systems and near-real-time streaming pipelines to enhance customer recommendations. You will collaborate with engineers and scientists to ensure data quality and consistency across systems. The team aims to provide tailored video content to a diverse global audience, enhancing the viewing experience for Prime subscribers.
Requirements
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of design or architecture experience for new and existing systems
- 1+ years of experience as a software development engineer or in a related role
- 1+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience
Responsibilities
- Build and operate online feature-serving systems that deliver customer-behavior signals to personalization and ranking models.
- Design and scale near-real-time streaming pipelines that convert customer actions into model-ready features.
- Create unified, extensible datasets that enhance the quality and freshness of downstream models and evaluations.
- Maintain data contracts to ensure consistency between training and serving environments.
- Ensure production reliability of systems through monitoring, alerting, and adherence to freshness SLAs.
- Manage ambiguous problem statements through design, launch, and impact measurement.
- Collaborate with applied scientists and modeling teams to produce reliable, production-grade data.
- Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.
Benefits
- Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
3,290
FY2026
Approval rate
99.1%
FY2026
LCA certified
32,937
FY2026
Entry-level share
10.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+9%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-44%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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