Sr. Software Development Engineer, Partner Experience, Prime Video at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$168,100–$227,400from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role within Prime Video's Partner Experience organization, focused on designing and building a unified content platform for third-party partners such as studios, media houses, and content creators. The work centers on consolidating fragmented ingestion pipelines, validation frameworks, and hosting systems into a coherent, extensible architecture, while also laying groundwork for AI-driven workflows like automated dubbing, subtitles, and same-day onboarding. The role suits an experienced technical leader comfortable driving architectural standards across large, multi-team engineering organizations.
Staff level · 5+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 400 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 120–600
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role sits at the boundary between a senior individual contributor and a people manager: it requires architecting cross-team platforms, mentoring engineers across multiple teams, and driving org-wide technical standards, but the JD does not describe direct reports, headcount ownership, or budget authority. Classified as Staff (technical leadership across teams) rather than Senior or a management code.
The title carries no explicit seniority label, so the title states no level; however, the scope and cross-team influence requirements clearly support a Staff-level classification.
REST APIs, PostgreSQL, big data, AI/ML, and digital media workflows all appear exclusively under the Preferred Qualifications section.
The degree requirement ('Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent') is listed under Preferred Qualifications only, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Compensation is stated as a base salary range of $168,100–$227,400 annually, with additional sign-on payments and RSUs noted but not quantified.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software development, system design.
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