Cloud-Native SDE, Production & Post-Production Studio

Amazon; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 143,700 - 194,400; Full time

Job summary

Amazon MGM Studios is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help move post-production workflows to the cloud, building cloud-native infrastructure and translating complex studio processes into scalable technical solutions.

The role collaborates with the SITC Production Platform Engineering team to deliver high-throughput, secure systems for Editorial, Dailies, Color, Conform, and delivery, while enabling production teams with self-service tooling.

Qualifications

• 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
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

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 stack—from network configurations to application-level bugs—diving 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

Skills

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Object Oriented Design

Software Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon MGM Studios is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help move post-production workflows to the cloud, building cloud-native infrastructure and translating complex studio processes into scalable technical solutions.

The role collaborates with the SITC Production Platform Engineering team to deliver high-throughput, secure systems for Editorial, Dailies, Color, Conform, and delivery, while enabling production teams with self-service tooling.