Design and develop scalable backend services and public APIs for Amazon IVS
Build distributed systems that manage the configuration, orchestration, and lifecycle of live video streaming resources using TypeScript, Go or similar modern programming languages
Define and maintain infrastructure using infrastructure as code practices, primarily with AWS CDK
Work closely with engineers, product managers, UX designers, and applied scientists to deliver seamless customer experiences
Ensure systems are highly available, scalable, and secure at AWS scale
Apply engineering best practices across testing, performance optimization, observability, and code quality
Collaborate with other AWS teams to integrate shared services and deliver consistent customer experiences across AWS services
Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, design reviews, and on-call rotations
Drive operational excellence through automation, metrics, alarms, and runbooks
A day in the life
You might start the morning by checking how the service is running and investigating an issue that surfaced overnight. Later, you could join a design discussion for a new customer feature, thinking through the experience from the public API, console, all the way to the backend systems that make it work. After lunch, you might work through an interesting technical problem with a teammate, review a change, or meet with product to refine how a feature should work for customers. Some days are focused on building intuitive customer experiences, while others take you deep into distributed systems and large scale service operations. You’ll have the opportunity to follow problems across the stack and see the features you build through from idea to launch.
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Experience building web applications with React and modern web technologies
Experience with both frontend and backend development
Experience building backend services using Go or similar modern programming languages
Experience building/designing UIs with multilingual support in mind
Experience with frontend security best practices
4+ 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, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Familiarity with live video concepts: common streaming protocols, transcoding, and codecs
Experience implementing AWS services in a variety of distributed computing environments
Experience working with NoSQL data stores such as DynamoDB, Redis, or similar distributed databases.
Experience with UX design is a strong plus.
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 Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, SAN FRANCISCO - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually
USA, CA, SANTA CLARA - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
