Software Engineer, Stream Management at Scale

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

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a software engineer for the Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) Stream Management team.

You will design and build systems that start and manage live streams for millions of viewers globally, working on customer-facing APIs and backend services to ensure high availability and performance. The role emphasizes collaboration with engineers, product managers, and scientists, with responsibilities spanning design, reviews, and on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design/architecture experience of new and existing systems.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.

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 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.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, design reviews, and on-call rotations.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, metrics, alarms, and runbooks.
• Lead post-incident investigations for high-severity events in our services; drive action items to completion.

Skills

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Distributed systems

Multi-threaded

System design

Backend best practices

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a software engineer for the Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) Stream Management team.

You will design and build systems that start and manage live streams for millions of viewers globally, working on customer-facing APIs and backend services to ensure high availability and performance. The role emphasizes collaboration with engineers, product managers, and scientists, with responsibilities spanning design, reviews, and on-call rotations.