Systems Development Engineer, Production and Post Production Technology

Job Description

Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video is one of the world's leading digital video services, and we're just getting started changing the way millions of people around the world enjoy content. Now available in more than 200 countries and territories, Prime Video offers customers the broadest selection of any on-demand video service, including our critically-acclaimed Amazon Originals Series such as The Boys, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Underground Railroad; UK-produced hit Amazon Original series like Good Omens, The Grand Tour, All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur and forthcoming drama series like The Power, Jungle and The Rig; exclusive TV shows like Nine Perfect Strangers and Little Fires Everywhere; and movies like Coming 2 America, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Without Remorse plus live sport including ATP and WTA Tour and US Open Tennis, Autumn Nations rugby and Premier League football.

The Production and Post Technology (P&PT) team focuses on providing media system solutions, setting content standards, delivering production technology services, and fostering innovation across on-premises and cloud-based environments for Amazon MGM Studios productions, operations, and partners. The team's goal is to drive operational excellence by developing and deploying scalable and cost-effective technology solutions within a secure environment. These solutions enhance creativity and deliver an exceptional customer experience for our production partners.
Key job responsibilities
- Write code for the API/Backend (Lambda, TypeScript)
- Manage and build infrastructure using CDK and CloudFomation
- Design and build solutions that automate manual workflows
- Participate in code reviews for the team to ensure quality code and mentoring of other team members
- Building solutions to easily administer hundreds of systems.
A day in the life
A typical day will be spent writing code, doing code reviews, mentoring team members, and providing input on system designs.
About the team
The team focuses on building solutions and products for our Productions and Studio. In this role you will be building a first party product(s) that strives to vastly improve how the Media and Entertainment space produces content.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java
- Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology
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