Live Streaming Systems Engineer II

Amazon Web Services (AWS); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon IVS (Interactive Video Service) at AWS is seeking a backend software engineer to design and operate live streaming services handling millions of streams globally. You will work on systems behind customer‑facing APIs, focusing on reliability, scalability, and performance.

The role involves collaboration with cross‑functional teams, incident response, and ongoing improvements to live video infrastructure. Strong design experience with multi‑tier distributed systems is required.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of services in the Stream Management portfolio.
• Collaborate with engineers, PMs, and scientists to deliver seamless experiences.
• Ensure backend systems are highly available, scalable, and secure at AWS scale.
• Apply backend best practices: testing, performance, observability, maintainable code.
• Lead post‑incident investigations and drive actions to completion.
• Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions.

Skills

Software development

System design

Distributed systems

C++/Java/C#/Perl

Backend engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon IVS (Interactive Video Service) at AWS is seeking a backend software engineer to design and operate live streaming services handling millions of streams globally. You will work on systems behind customer‑facing APIs, focusing on reliability, scalability, and performance.

The role involves collaboration with cross‑functional teams, incident response, and ongoing improvements to live video infrastructure. Strong design experience with multi‑tier distributed systems is required.