Software Development Engineer, AI Studios Engineering

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 158,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s AI Studios Engineering team within Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios seeks a Software Development Engineer to build AI‑powered creative tools for animation and live‑action content. You’ll design and ship production‑quality code, collaborate with ML scientists and product managers, and integrate with industry tools.

This on‑site role in New York offers growth across AI/ML and media processing domains.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• 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.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software components for our AI‑native content creation platform, supporting professional animation and live‑action/VFX workflows.
• Implement features across the stack, from backend services, media processing pipelines, and APIs to ML model integrations and creator‑facing tooling, with guidance from senior engineers.
• Write clean, well‑tested, and maintainable code while participating in code reviews to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including ML scientists, applied scientists, product managers, and creative professionals to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Contribute to integrations with industry‑standard Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools such as Adobe Animate, After Effects, Maya, and Storyboard Pro.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues in production systems, contributing to operational excellence and system reliability.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and contribute to improving system monitoring, alerting, and documentation.
• Continuously learn new technologies, tools, and methodologies relevant to AI/ML systems, media processing, and distributed computing.

Skills

3+ years professional software dev

2+ years design/architecture

1+ years software development engineer

1+ years OO design

1+ years multi-tier distributed apps

Education

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

Job description

Software Development Engineer, AI Studios Engineering

Job ID: 10537393 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Join us as a Software Development Engineer on the AI Studios Engineering org within Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, where you'll build intelligent systems at the intersection of AI and cinematic storytelling. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to Creative Studio, our AI-native content creation platform that empowers creators to produce professional animation and live action content featuring world‑class intellectual properties at unprecedented speed and scale. In this role, you'll develop production‑quality code for AI‑powered creative tools while learning from experienced engineers and scientists. You'll work alongside creative professionals (animators, filmmakers, and storytellers) and implement features that directly transform how animation and live action/VFX content is made for Prime Video's most ambitious productions. This is an ideal opportunity for engineers who are passionate about AI/ML applications in entertainment and want to grow their skills while contributing to products that ship to Prime Video audiences.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software components for our AI‑native content creation platform, supporting professional animation and live‑action/VFX workflows
• Implement features across the stack, from backend services, media processing pipelines, and APIs to ML model integrations and creator‑facing tooling, with guidance from senior engineers
• Write clean, well‑tested, and maintainable code while participating in code reviews to give and receive constructive feedback
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including ML scientists, applied scientists, product managers, and creative professionals to understand requirements and deliver solutions
• Contribute to integrations with industry‑standard Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools such as Adobe Animate, After Effects, Maya, and Storyboard Pro
• Troubleshoot and debug issues in production systems, contributing to operational excellence and system reliability
• Participate in on‑call rotations and contribute to improving system monitoring, alerting, and documentation
• Continuously learn new technologies, tools, and methodologies relevant to AI/ML systems, media processing, and distributed computing

A day in the life

As an SDE on the AI Studios team, you'll spend most of your time writing and reviewing code, with regular opportunities to collaborate with teammates on design discussions. A typical day might include building API endpoints for our creator tooling platform, implementing new features for our live action VFX pipeline, or debugging an integration with our proprietary AI models. What makes this role unique is the opportunity to work on‑site alongside VFX artists and creative professionals, sitting with them as they use your tools, watching where workflows break down, and iterating rapidly to meet the demands of production timelines. You'll participate in team standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives while building your understanding of our systems. You'll have opportunities to learn from experienced engineers and gradually take on more complex challenges as you grow.

About the team

We're part of the Engineering org within newly established Prime Video's AI Studios Division, pioneering AI‑native cinematic content creation. Our mission is to establish Amazon MGM Studios as the definitive leader in AI‑enabled content creation—giving creators unprecedented control over AI outputs while materially reducing production costs and timelines for animation and live action productions featuring world‑class intellectual properties. Our engineering team spans distributed systems engineers building scalable infrastructure, ML engineers optimizing model training and inference, and full‑stack engineers crafting intuitive interfaces for creative collaboration. We're building Creative Studio, our AI‑native platform, along with proprietary AI models (Genies) for animation, Live Action/VFX copilots, and integrations with industry‑standard creative tools. We work in a fast‑paced, innovative environment where you'll contribute to technology transforming how iconic entertainment content is made.

Prime Video is a first‑stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM Studios‑produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from Prime Video add‑on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads.

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best‑in‑class digital video experience.

As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end‑to‑end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state‑of‑the‑art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast‑paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.

We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill‑sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!

Basic 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

Preferred Qualifications

• - 3+ 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 or equivalent

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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