System Development Engineer, Production and Post Production Technology, Amazon MGM Studios

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 were 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.

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



Key job 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 stackfrom network configurations to application-level bugsdiving 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


About the team
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. Youll 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 Videos technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.

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

Well look for you to bring your diverse perspectives ideas and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!


- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking storage operating systems)
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience in networking storage systems operating systems and hands-on systems engineering
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C C# Java Python Golang PowerShell Ruby

- Experience with PowerShell (preferred) Python Ruby or Java
- Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology

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