The Systems Development Engineer role at Amazon focuses on bridging traditional media workflows with modern cloud infrastructure for the Studio in the Cloud Production Platform Engineering team. This team is dedicated to transforming the entertainment industry by enabling post-production workflows entirely in AWS. The engineer will tackle complex technical challenges that impact high-budget productions and collaborate with various teams to deliver innovative solutions. The position offers an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology that shapes the future of media production.

• Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, or Rust.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes.
• Experience in systems administration, network administration, AWS cloud app development, DevOps, or site reliability engineering.
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems.
• 3+ years of networking experience including DNS, DHCP, SSL, OSI Model, and TCP/IP.
• Experience working with customers and technical teams to collect requirements and describe software product features.
• Experience mentoring team members on best practices.
• Experience streamlining video post-production workflows for high volume output.
• Knowledge of ProTools or other audio or video editing software.

• Design and build new cloud-native capabilities for VFX rendering and management, sound mixing, QC, mastering, delivery, and remote production workflows.
• Improve and scale existing Editorial, Dailies, Color, and Conform workflows supporting active productions.
• Translate complex post-production workflows into infrastructure-as-code using CloudFormation or CDK.
• Troubleshoot production-impacting issues across the full stack.
• Design and implement solutions using AWS compute, storage, and networking services optimized for high-throughput media workloads.
• Build secure infrastructure following AWS best practices for encryption and IAM policies.
• Collaborate with Product Management and internal Production Technology teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Automate operational tasks and build self-service tools that empower production teams.
• Define and set technical direction for how to support customer workflows.
• Mentor and support team members as needed.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.