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Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads. Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience. As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people. We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you! We have formed an organization within Prime Video to leverage AI and agentic solutions to transform our business operations. This is a unique opportunity to lead a business-critical initiative and a program from its inception, shaping its charter and building a multi-year roadmap for transformative impact. As the single-threaded leader, you will build and guide a dedicated, cross-functional team of engineers, and product/program managers to develop and deploy agentic AI solutions aimed at automating complex business processes. Your charter will begin with automating key workflows to deliver immediate business efficiencies and will expand to proactively identify and tackle the next generation of automation challenges across the entire Prime Video business. This high-visibility role places you as the leader driving our strategy for significant operational leverage, allowing our teams to focus on delivering the world's best entertainment to our customers. Key job responsibilities • Build, mentor, and lead a new, high-performing organization of software engineers, applied scientists, and product managers, fostering a culture of innovation and ownership. • Define, own, and drive the long-term vision and technical strategy for AI-driven business automation across Prime Video. • Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable, robust, and secure agentic AI solutions that deliver measurable business impact. • Partner closely with senior business and technology leaders across Prime Video to understand their operational challenges, identify opportunities for automation, and deliver cohesive solutions. • Drive project execution and operational excellence, ensuring high standards for system quality, maintainability, and performance for mission-critical services. • Champion engineering best practices and create a technical culture that encourages relentless simplification and continuous improvement. • Communicate your team's vision, strategy, and progress to senior leadership and key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives. • Develop a roadmap that is directly tied to business outcomes and financial plans, delivering on commitments for high-impact initiatives. About the team This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of one of Amazon's most exciting businesses through the application of AI technologies. If you're passionate about leveraging AI to drive real-world impact at massive scale, we want to hear from you. - 10+ years of engineering experience - 5+ years of engineering team management experience - 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience - Experience partnering with product or program management teams - Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment - Experience partnering with product and program management teams - Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 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 amazon.jobs for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs . USA, WA, SEATTLE - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually

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Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.
Key job responsibilities
Build, mentor, and lead a new, high-performing organization of software engineers, applied scientists, and product managers, fostering a culture of innovation and ownership.
Define, own, and drive the long-term vision and technical strategy for AI-driven business automation across Prime Video.
Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable, robust, and secure agentic AI solutions that deliver measurable business impact.
Partner closely with senior business and technology leaders across Prime Video to understand their operational challenges, identify opportunities for automation, and deliver cohesive solutions.
Drive project execution and operational excellence, ensuring high standards for system quality, maintainability, and performance for mission-critical services.
Champion engineering best practices and create a technical culture that encourages relentless simplification and continuous improvement.
Communicate your team's vision, strategy, and progress to senior leadership and key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives.
Develop a roadmap that is directly tied to business outcomes and financial plans, delivering on commitments for high-impact initiatives.
About the team
10+ years of engineering experience
5+ years of engineering team management experience
10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
Experience partnering with product and program management teams
Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually

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