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SoftwareDevEngineerIII,AmazonInteractiveVideoService(IVS)

$193–262k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Software Dev Engineer III, Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) at Amazon. Skills: Real-time video distribution, Low-latency streaming, WebRTC distribution. Design distribution components. Implement distribution components”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotations

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years software development experience, 5+ years programming experience, 5+ years leading design or architecture, Experience as a mentor, Experience as a tech lead, Experience leading an engineering team, Knowledge of Scala, Knowledge of Java, Knowledge of Python, Knowledge of C/C++, Knowledge of Go, Deep understanding of WebRTC architecture

Nice to Have

5+ years full software development life cycle experience, Bachelor's degree in computer science, Contributions to open-source networking projects, Contributions to open-source media projects

What You'll Do.

Design distribution components

Implement distribution components

Optimize distribution components

Handle millions of viewers

Diagnose transport behavior

Tune transport behavior

Improve transport behavior

Collaborate with cross-functional teams

Define infrastructure architecture

Evolve infrastructure architecture

Drive technical decisions

Contribute to protocol design

Contribute to protocol implementation

Stay current with industry standards

Stay current with innovations

Identify performance bottlenecks

Resolve performance bottlenecks

Optimize CPU utilization

Optimize memory utilization

Optimize network utilization

Mentor junior engineers

Participate in on-call rotations

Ensure service reliability

Ensure rapid incident response

Document architectural decisions

Contribute to technical design reviews

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Engineering team

Full Job Description

Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) is AWS's fully managed live streaming service, built on the same battle-tested technology that powers Twitch and trusted by thousands of enterprises across gaming, social, live commerce, sports, and entertainment. Our mission: enable developers to build communities around live video. We handle everything from ingest to processing to delivery at global scale, so developers can focus on creating interactive, engaging live experiences for their audiences. Whether you're streaming to tens of millions of concurrent viewers or just getting started, Amazon IVS removes the complexity so developers can move fast. As a Software Dev Engineer III on Amazon IVS’ Real Time Video team, you will design and build the systems that power real-time and sub-second video distribution at massive scale. You will work deep in the stack to ensure low-latency, high-reliability delivery for millions of concurrent viewers. You'll collaborate with a team of engineers who care deeply about performance, correctness, and scale, and you'll have the opportunity to shape the architecture of next-generation streaming infrastructure. Key job responsibilities - Design, implement, and optimize high-performance WebRTC distribution components capable of handling millions of concurrent viewers with sub-second latency. Work at the packet level to diagnose, tune, and improve transport behavior across UDP and TCP-based protocols, ensuring optimal video quality and reliability. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and evolve the architecture of real-time media delivery infrastructure. Drive technical decisions that balance scalability, cost efficiency, and customer experience. - Contribute to protocol design and implementation for emerging low-latency transport mechanisms, including Media over QUIC (MoQ) and other next-generation streaming protocols. Stay current with industry standards and innovations. - Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks th

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