Amazon.com Services LLC

Technology

Sr.SoftwareDevEngineer,AmazonCloudFront(Media&Entertainment)

$100–227k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Amazon CloudFront (Media & Entertainment) at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Video Delivery, CDN, Streaming Technologies, Global Scale Systems. Design distributed systems. Build distributed systems”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Hard problems worth solving; Challenging problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years non-internship professional software development, 5+ years programming, 5+ years leading design or architecture, Experience as a mentor, Experience as a tech lead, Experience leading an engineering team, Solid understanding of distributed systems, Experience building complex software, Thorough understanding of internet protocols, Experience with HTTP, Experience with DNS, Experience with TCP, Experience with UDP

Nice to Have

5+ years full software development lifecycle, Experience with coding standards, Experience with code reviews, Experience with source control management, Experience with build processes, Experience with testing, Experience with operations

What You'll Do.

Design distributed systems

Build distributed systems

Operate distributed systems

Deliver video globally

Drive technical strategy

Drive architecture decisions

Own software development lifecycle

Explore AI/ML approaches

Optimize video delivery

Optimize quality of experience

Leverage AI assisted development

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Teams across AWS; Media & Entertainment team; Video Delivery team; Diverse team; Software engineers; Hardware engineers; Network engineers; Supply chain specialists; Security experts; Operations managers

Full Job Description

Do you enjoy watching the latest movies, live sporting events, or scrolling through endless short-form video feeds on your computer, tablet or smartphone? Do you want to build the systems that deliver all that content seamlessly and buffer-free to millions of viewers worldwide? Amazon CloudFront is looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer to join our Video Delivery team in Seattle, WA. CloudFront is one of the world's largest content delivery networks. Working on systems with global scale is a daily part of the job. We build reliable, scalable, low-cost systems that serve our ever-growing customer base. We are constantly shipping features that drive innovation in the CDN market. The environment is fast-paced, collaborative, and full of hard problems worth solving. CloudFront Media & Entertainment team is shaping how video content is delivered to viewers at scale, setting the bar for Quality of Experience in live and on-demand streaming. Our services enable high-profile AWS customers to deliver some of the largest live events on the planet. We work with existing standards like LL-HLS, and are innovating beyond them with emerging protocols like Sye and Media over QUIC (MOQ) to make it possible for viewers to experience live events in near real-time. Our scope spans the full video delivery stack, from origin to edge, solving challenges in real-time content packaging, adaptive bitrate streaming, and scalable delivery. As part of the Media & Entertainment team, you will own the design and delivery of highly available, globally distributed systems that serve video with low latency, high throughput, and reliability. You will collaborate with teams across AWS to push the boundaries of video streaming technologies, and you will help grow the engineers around you through mentorship and knowledge sharing. AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the

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