Software Dev Engineer III, IVS Real Time Video

Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) is AWSs fully managed live streaming service built on the same battle-tested technology that powers Twitch and trusted by thousands of enterprises across gaming social live commerce sports and entertainment.

Our mission: enable developers to build communities around live video. We handle everything from ingest to processing to delivery at global scale so developers can focus on creating interactive engaging live experiences for their audiences. Whether youre streaming to tens of millions of concurrent viewers or just getting started Amazon IVS removes the complexity so developers can move fast.

As a Software Dev Engineer III you will design and build the systems that power real-time and sub-second video distribution at massive scale. You will work deep in the stack to ensure low-latency high-reliability delivery for millions of concurrent viewers. Youll collaborate with a team of engineers who care deeply about performance correctness and scale and youll have the opportunity to shape the architecture of next-generation streaming infrastructure.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global other words were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers storage networking power and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Key job responsibilities
- Design implement and optimize high-performance WebRTC distribution components capable of handling millions of concurrent viewers with sub-second latency. Work at the packet level to diagnose tune and improve transport behavior across UDP and TCP-based protocols ensuring optimal video quality and reliability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and evolve the architecture of real-time media delivery infrastructure. Drive technical decisions that balance scalability cost efficiency and customer experience.
- Contribute to protocol design and implementation for emerging low-latency transport mechanisms including Media over QUIC (MoQ) and other next-generation streaming protocols. Stay current with industry standards and innovations.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks through profiling experimentation and rigorous engineering. Use data-driven approaches to optimize CPU memory and network utilization across distributed systems.
- Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews to maintain high engineering standards. Participate in on-call rotations to ensure service reliability and rapid incident response. Document architectural decisions and contribute to technical design reviews.

About the team
The IVS Real Time Video team builds and maintains Amazon Interactive Video Services real-time streaming capabilities enabling developers to create low-latency interactive video experiences at scale. The team focuses on delivering sub-second latency for live video applications supporting use cases like virtual events live shopping telehealth and collaborative streaming. They work on core infrastructure SDKs and APIs that power real-time video communication ensuring reliability performance and ease of integration for customers worldwide. The team collaborates across engineering product and customer success to continuously innovate and improve the real-time video experience.

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala Java Python C/C or Go
- Deep understanding of WebRTC architecture including signaling ICE DTLS SRTP and media negotiation

- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Contributions to open-source networking or media projects

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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 and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA San Francisco - 193300.00 - 261500.00 USD annually
USA CA Santa Clara - 193300.00 - 261500.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually