Software Development Engineer, Amazon IVS

Amazon • Santa Clara, CA

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About The Position

The IVS Control Plane team is looking for a backend software engineer to design
and develop public APIs and core backend services. In this role, you will build
highly scalable, reliable, and secure systems that orchestrate real-time video
infrastructure at AWS scale. Your work will directly enable developers,
broadcasters, and businesses around the world to deliver low-latency,
interactive video experiences.

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience building backend services using Go, TypeScript, or similar modern programming languages

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, or 5+ years of building production software experience
• Experience building services using AWS products
• Experience working with NoSQL data stores such as DynamoDB, Redis, or similar distributed databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services and public APIs for the Amazon Interactive Video Service.
• Build distributed systems that manage configuration, orchestration, and lifecycle of live video streaming resources using Go, TypeScript, or similar modern programming languages
• Define and maintain service infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code practices, primarily with AWS CDK.
• Work closely with backend engineers, frontend engineers, product managers, and applied scientists to deliver seamless customer experiences
• Ensure backend systems are highly available, scalable, and secure at AWS scale
• Apply backend best practices including testing, performance optimization, observability, and maintainable code
• Collaborate with other AWS service teams to integrate shared services and deliver consistent AWS service experiences
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, design reviews, and on-call rotations
• Drive operational excellence through automation, metrics, alarms, and runbooks

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