Backend Engineer, Live Streaming (IVS)

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is hiring a Software Dev Engineer II for the Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) in Seattle.

You will own the technical direction for one or more services, drive design and implementation, and work with engineers, product managers, and scientists to deliver reliable live streaming infrastructure at scale. You will focus on high availability, performance, and security while applying best practices and collaborating with other AWS teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience on complex systems.
• 5+ years designing and developing large‑scale distributed software.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of services in the Stream Management portfolio; write design docs and drive implementation.
• Collaborate with engineers, PMs, and scientists to deliver seamless customer experiences.
• Ensure backend systems are highly available, scalable, and secure at AWS scale.
• Apply backend best practices including testing, performance optimization, observability, and maintainable code.
• Collaborate with AWS service teams to integrate shared services and deliver consistent experiences.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and on‑call rotations.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, metrics, alarms, and runbooks.
• Lead post‑incident investigations and execute resulting action items.

Skills

3+ years of professional software dev

2+ years design/architecture

5+ years designing large-scale multi‑t

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math or related field

Job description

Amazon Inc. is hiring a Software Dev Engineer II for the Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) in Seattle.

You will own the technical direction for one or more services, drive design and implementation, and work with engineers, product managers, and scientists to deliver reliable live streaming infrastructure at scale. You will focus on high availability, performance, and security while applying best practices and collaborating with other AWS teams.