Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Amazon CloudFront (Media & Entertainment)
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Job Location:
Seattle, OR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Amazon CloudFront is looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer to join our Video Delivery team in Seattle WA. CloudFront is one of the worlds largest content delivery networks. Working on systems with global scale is a daily part of the job. We build reliable scalable low-cost systems that serve our ever-growing customer base. We are constantly shipping features that drive innovation in the CDN market. The environment is fast-paced collaborative and full of hard problems worth solving.
CloudFront Media & Entertainment team is shaping how video content is delivered to viewers at scale setting the bar for Quality of Experience in live and on-demand streaming. Our services enable high-profile AWS customers to deliver some of the largest live events on the planet. We work with existing standards like LL-HLS and are innovating beyond them with emerging protocols like Sye and Media over QUIC (MOQ) to make it possible for viewers to experience live events in near real-time. Our scope spans the full video delivery stack from origin to edge solving challenges in real-time content packaging adaptive bitrate streaming and scalable delivery.
As part of the Media & Entertainment team you will own the design and delivery of highly available globally distributed systems that serve video with low latency high throughput and reliability. You will collaborate with teams across AWS to push the boundaries of video streaming technologies and you will help grow the engineers around you through mentorship and knowledge sharing.
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
In this role you will be doing hands-on coding helping to build distributed scalable systems impacting hundreds of AWS customers. You will:
- Design build and operate distributed systems that deliver video on a global scale.
- Drive technical strategy and architecture decisions for video delivery infrastructure.
- Own the full software development lifecycle from requirements through deployment and operations.
- Explore and apply AI/ML-driven approaches to optimize video delivery and quality of experience.
- Leverage AI assisted development for fast prototyping design and coding.
You should have a solid understanding of distributed scalable systems experience in building complex software that has been successfully delivered to customers and a thorough understanding of internet protocols such as HTTP DNS TCP and UDP.
- 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
- 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 WA Seattle - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually
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