Amazon.com Services LLC
Entertainment
Sr.SoftwareDevEngineer,ProductionandPostProduction
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“Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Production and Post Production at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Distributed systems, Media processing, Cloud infrastructure, Production technology. Lead software development. Own team architecture”
What You'll Achieve.
Scale from 70+ to 150+ concurrent productions
Industry & Context.
Problem solving; Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis
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
Nice to Have
5+ years full software development lifecycle experience, Bachelor's degree in computer science
What You'll Do.
Lead software development
Own team architecture
Provide system-wide design guidance
Design media ingestion pipelines
Design transcoding infrastructure
Design real-time collaboration systems
Design GPU rendering platforms
Design delivery automation
Implement distributed systems
Work backwards from customer needs
Lead multi-engineer projects
Integrate parallel work
Own architecture decisions
Guide future technology choices
Solve complex technical problems
Manage high-bandwidth media transfer
Provide low-latency playback
Scale elastic GPU compute
Maintain multi-region disaster recovery
Integrate with vendor systems
Develop business impact understanding
Make technical trade-offs
Resolve architecture deficiencies
Write production code
Demonstrate best practices
Deliver incrementally
Balance speed of delivery
Participate in design reviews
Drive adoption of best practices
Improve team operations
Reduce systemic issues
Develop technical skills
Develop design thinking
Develop engineering judgment
Participate in hiring loops
Conduct technical assessments
Perform promotion evaluations
Communicate technical designs
Communicate technical decisions
Create architecture documents
Create design proposals
Create technical specifications
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Multi-engineer projects; Adjacent teams; Stakeholders
Communication Scope
Technical writing; Technical documentation; Design proposals; Technical specifications
Process & Methodology
Technical strategy, Production schedules
Full Job Description
Amazon MGM Studios is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to lead technical development for our Studio in the Cloud (SITC) platform. SITC is transforming entertainment content creation by moving all major production and post-production workflows from traditional on-premises infrastructure to AWS cloud-based solutions. This initiative encompasses nine core workflows—Dailies, Editorial, VFX, Sound, Conform, Color, Mastering, QC/Delivery, and Remote Production—representing the complete content creation lifecycle from Original Camera Footage (OCF) ingestion through final delivery. In this role, you will lead software development for critical SITC platform components, owning team-level architecture and providing technical direction for multi-engineer projects. You may own architecture for specific workflows (e.g., media transcoding and processing engine, real-time collaboration infrastructure, GPU-accelerated rendering system, or content delivery and QC automation), designing and implementing distributed systems that enable creative professionals to work globally using industry-standard tools integrated on AWS. Your work will solve complex technical problems including high-bandwidth media transfer, sub-second latency playback for 4:4:4 10-bit video, elastic GPU compute for rendering workloads, and multi-region disaster recovery for productions that cannot tolerate downtime. As an SDE III, you will work both tactically and strategically, contributing to 1-2 year technical strategy while delivering hands-on technical implementations. You will lead multi-engineer projects, provide system-wide design guidance, and ensure your team's software is architected for scale, performance, and long-term maintainability. You will integrate with leading creative tool providers including Avid, Adobe, Colorfront, and Blackmagic, understanding their technical requirements and ensuring optimal performance in cloud environments. Your systems will support Amazon MGM Studios' productio
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