Amazon Interactive Video Service
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SoftwareDevelopmentManager,MediaFoundations,AmazonInteractiveVideoService(IVS)
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“Software Development Manager, Media Foundations, Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) at Amazon Interactive Video Service. Skills: Live streaming, Media processing, Software development management. Define technical strategies. Execute technical strategies”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent, 3+ years engineering team management, 8+ years developing distributed software systems, Knowledge of engineering practices, Experience partnering with product management, Experience delivering products against plan, Experience with live video streaming concepts, Experience with performance optimization
Nice to Have
Experience communicating with users, Experience building and operating globally available services, Experience with user-generated content platforms, Experience collaborating with open source projects
What You'll Do.
Define technical strategies
Execute technical strategies
Deliver Amazon IVS features
Own operational excellence
Improve incident response
Improve deployment practices
Improve monitoring systems
Drive development of engineering talent
Build high-performing teams
Develop future leaders
Partner with Product Management
Prioritize investments
Deliver customer-obsessed solutions
Manage technical dependencies
Manage integration points
Ensure seamless customer experiences
Ensure architectural alignment
Drive cost optimization
Drive efficiency improvements
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Peer managers; Principal engineers; Product managers; Cross-functional stakeholders
Communication Scope
Technical designs; Product strategy
Process & Methodology
Road map
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. We are looking for a Software Development Manager (SDM) for the Media Foundations team. The Media Foundation team is a center of excellence for streaming media processing (transmuxing, transcoding), codec technologies (H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1), media formats (HLS, TS, FMP4), network protocols (E-RTMP, SRT, WebRTC), and media quality analysis (VMAF, PSNR). The team’s C/C++/Go/Rust services process low-latency/real-time inputs and deliver packaged/real-time outputs for viewers/subscribers and recordings. As a Software Development Manager at Amazon IVS, you will collaborate deeply with peer managers, principal engineers, and product managers to iterate on the team's engineering road map, grow and manage talent, and dive deep into service design and architecture. This is a high visibility role with the opportunity to positively impact our most-critical customers and their businesses. Key job responsibilities - Define and execute technical strategies to deliver Amazon IVS features, balancing customer needs, business priorities, and technical excellence while driving innovation in stream lifecycle management, video workflow task placement, and operational tooling - Own operational excellence across services, improve incident response/management, and continually improve deployment practices and monitoring systems - Drive hir
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