Live Ops Support Engineer, Prime Video, Live Playback Operations jobs in United States
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Amazon · 1 day ago

Live Ops Support Engineer, Prime Video, Live Playback Operations

Amazon is a leading global e-commerce and technology company, and they are seeking a Live Ops Support Engineer for their Prime Video Live Playback Operations team. The role involves owning the operation and monitoring of live events, ensuring video signals are effectively delivered to customer devices, and collaborating with various teams to improve efficiency and customer experiences.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceRetail
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Responsibilities

Work with peers and other teams on high-severity, active support issues, prioritizing mitigation while investigating root-cause fixes
Deliver reports to senior leadership
Aid in the development and testing of operational tools and AI-powered workflows that improve efficiency through automation
Customer notification and workflow co-ordination with follow-up to maintain service level agreements
Creating and maintaining team specific knowledge-base articles and operational and training documentation
Assist in the training of new support staff as the team grows
This role requires working evenings, weekends, and holidays; depending on live event schedules
Interacting with Prime Video's partners to root cause customer impacting incidents
Managing ticket queues to ensure issues are addressed quickly, well documented, and tracked for long-term, iterative improvement
Working with developers on development roadmaps and helping set priorities for backlog requests
Identifying and driving down recurring incidents through OE best practices
Representing the team when collaborating with adjacent teams across infrastructure/signal engineering, solution architects and developers
Scripting and the use of AI to develop automation to improve the team's efficient use of tools and reduction of manual tasks

Qualification

Software developmentTechnical supportScriptingTroubleshootingLive streaming experienceVideo encoding knowledgeAdaptive bitrate playbackStreaming protocolsDistributed applicationsBroadcast productionNOC experienceMCR experience

Required

2+ years of software development, or 2+ years of technical support experience
Experience scripting in modern program languages
Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
2+ years experience with technical support in a live streaming environment; knowledge of video encoding and delivery, acquisition, codecs, adaptive bit rate video playback, common streaming protocols, software support, and related troubleshooting and escalation

Preferred

Knowledge of distributed applications and the engineering lifecycle from conception to delivery
Experience with live broadcast production, transmission, working in a NOC or MCR (Master Control)

Benefits

Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

H1B Sponsorship

Amazon has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (22803)
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2023 (19057)
2022 (24088)
2021 (12233)
2020 (14881)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$8.11B
Key Investors
Kleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO

Leadership Team

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Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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