Production Workflow Engineer, Amazon MGM Studios

Amazon • Culver City, CA

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About The Position

Do you like to build? Are you passionate about the Media and Entertainment
space? Amazon MGM Studios (AMS) Production Technology Engineering is seeking a
Production Workflow Engineer (PWE) who will be responsible for driving adoption
of the Studio's production and post production workflows in the cloud.

Key job responsibilities
The Amazon MGM Studios Production Workflow Engineer (PWE) is responsible for
driving adoption of Studio-in-the-Cloud (SITC) cloud-based workflows (dailies,
editorial, conform, color, mastering, remote production and others). You
accomplish this by educating customers, internal partners, and third party
production companies about the SITC suite of creative workflows You work vendors
to validate workflows and integrate local workflow with the cloud using Backlot:
Create. The PWE builds and deploys Backlot: Create workflows, acts as a primary
contact for our internal stakeholders and end-customers.

The PWE communicates gathers and communicates requirements and issues back to
the product and engineering team. They work with customers remotely and in
person.

You will be a subject matter expert on the Studio's workflows and post
production creative workflows in general. You will anticipate future trends and
identify applications of emerging technologies and provide information to
Product and Engineering to reduce friction, eliminate waste, and support faster
workflows. In addition you'll help drive thought leadership around the Studio's
cloud-based media and entertainment workflows. You will deliver written and
spoken communications to establish AMS as a leader among studios who are using
the cloud to expand capabilities globally, enhance capabilities and ensure
access to global talent.

A day in the life
You will lead engagements with management and post leadership at partner
production and post companies, onboard productions, and help evangelize cloud
production at the Studio and in the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry.

AMS Production & Post Technology deploys and supports the operation the Studio's
cloud-based workflows (dailies, editorial, conform, color, mastering, remote
production and others). We educate customers, internal partners, and third party
production companies about the Studio's suite of creative workflows in order to
accelerate adoption of our global, high-performance cloud-based creative tools
in support of the Studio's productions.

About the team
Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast
collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of
devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their
favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM
Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from
Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+.
All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can
rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content
for free with ads.

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's
technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.

As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product,
user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art
experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are
fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new
possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.

We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to
make Prime Video even better for our customers.

Requirements

• 2+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 4+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 5+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• Experience in production or post production processes and facilities
• Knowledge or experience in the capabilities, use and deployment of leading industry content creation tools like Avid Media Composer, Avid NEXIS Blackmagic Resolve, Colorfront On-Set Dailies, Colorfront Transkoder, Adobe Creative Cloud

Nice To Haves

• Experience working directly in customer implementations
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
• Experience with AWS technologies
• Written and spoken proficiency in one of the follow languages, in addition to English: Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Hindi, or Portuguese

Responsibilities

• Driving adoption of Studio-in-the-Cloud (SITC) cloud-based workflows (dailies, editorial, conform, color, mastering, remote production and others)
• Educating customers, internal partners, and third party production companies about the SITC suite of creative workflows
• Working with vendors to validate workflows and integrate local workflow with the cloud using Backlot: Create
• Building and deploying Backlot: Create workflows
• Acting as a primary contact for our internal stakeholders and end-customers
• Gathering and communicating requirements and issues back to the product and engineering team
• Working with customers remotely and in person
• Being a subject matter expert on the Studio's workflows and post production creative workflows in general
• Anticipating future trends and identifying applications of emerging technologies and provide information to Product and Engineering to reduce friction, eliminate waste, and support faster workflows
• Driving thought leadership around the Studio's cloud-based media and entertainment workflows
• Delivering written and spoken communications to establish AMS as a leader among studios who are using the cloud to expand capabilities globally, enhance capabilities and ensure access to global talent
• Leading engagements with management and post leadership at partner production and post companies
• Onboarding productions
• Helping evangelize cloud production at the Studio and in the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed