Systems Development Engineer, Production and Post Production Technology

Amazon • Culver City, CA

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About The Position

Do you want to revolutionize how film and television content is created? Are you
passionate about building cloud infrastructure that powers the future of media
production?

Do you thrive on solving complex technical challenges that directly impact
award-winning productions?

At Amazon, we're transforming the entertainment industry by moving
post-production workflows to the cloud. The Studio in the Cloud (SITC)
Production Platform Engineering team builds and maintains the infrastructure
that enables productions to perform Editorial, Dailies, Color, Conform, VFX,
Sound, QC, Mastering, and Delivery entirely in
AWS.

We're looking for a Systems Development Engineer who can bridge the gap between
traditional media workflows and modern cloud infrastructure. You'll work with
AWS services to solve problems that have never been solved at this
scale—enabling creative teams worldwide to collaborate seamlessly on productions
worth hundreds of
millions of dollars.

The Production Platform Engineering team sits at the intersection of
entertainment and technology. We support productions ranging from episodic
series to feature films, ensuring creative teams have the tools and
infrastructure they need to deliver world-class content. Our work directly
impacts release schedules, creative quality, and the ability of Amazon Studios
to compete at the highest levels of the industry.

We value ownership, technical depth, and customer obsession. You'll primarily
collaborate with Product Management and our Production Technology team to
understand requirements and deliver solutions, with occasional direct engagement
with production teams to understand their workflows and gather feedback.

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.

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

Requirements

• Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix Administration
• Experience in systems administration, network administration, AWS cloud app development, DevOps or site reliability engineering
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems, or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities and experience in managing and troublshooting network
• Experience in AWS services
• Experience scripting languages and coding skills for one (1) or more of the following: Ruby, C/C++/C#, Node.JS, Java, Python, and PHP
• 2+ years of networking (such as DNS, DHCP, SSL, OSI Model, and TCP/IP) experience
• Knowledge of security best practices
• Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles and tools (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform, or similar)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with distributed systems at scale
• Experience with very large distributed systems
• Experience with a variety of digital media workflows and post production
• Experience with version control systems and CI/CD pipeline implementation
• Experience with problem solving and disruptive innovation, developing technology programs and working across customer organizations
• Knowledge of sound, dialogue, and music editing and mixing workflows

Responsibilities

• Build new cloud-native capabilities for VFX rendering and management, sound mixing, QC, mastering, delivery, and remote production workflows
• Improve and scale existing Editorial, Dailies, Color, and Conform workflows supporting active productions
• Translate complex post-production workflows into infrastructure-as-code using CloudFormation or CDK
• Troubleshoot production-impacting issues across the full stack—from network configurations to application-level bugs—diving as deep as needed to unblock creative teams
• Design and implement solutions using AWS compute, storage, and networking services optimized for high-throughput media workloads
• Build secure infrastructure following AWS best practices for encryption (at-rest and in-transit), IAM policies, VPC design, and authentication mechanisms
• Collaborate with Product Management and internal Production Technology teams to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Automate operational tasks and build self-service tools that empower production teams

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