Senior Backend Engineer: Live Video Stream Management

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Health insurance

Job summary

Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) is building the Stream Management backend used to start and manage live streams for millions of viewers worldwide. You’ll own services, collaborate with engineers and product teams, and ensure highly available, scalable, and secure systems behind customer APIs.

The role emphasizes design reviews, on-call rotations, and driving operational excellence through automation and observability, with a focus on live streaming infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Familiarity with live video concepts: common streaming protocols, transcoding, and codecs.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of one or more services in the Stream Management portfolio; write the design docs, socialize them across IVS and adjacent teams, and drive them to implementation.
• Work closely with engineers, product managers, and applied 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 other AWS service teams to integrate shared services and deliver consistent AWS service experiences.

Skills

5+ years software experience

Mentor / tech lead

Live video concepts

Golang

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

Golang

C/C++

Live Streaming Origination

Job description

Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) is building the Stream Management backend used to start and manage live streams for millions of viewers worldwide. You’ll own services, collaborate with engineers and product teams, and ensure highly available, scalable, and secure systems behind customer APIs.

The role emphasizes design reviews, on-call rotations, and driving operational excellence through automation and observability, with a focus on live streaming infrastructure.