Systems Development Engineer, Production and Post Production Technology

Systems Development Engineer, Production and Post Production Technology

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Do you want to revolutionize how film and television content is created? Are you passionate about building cloud infrastructure that powers the future of media production? Do you thrive on solving complex technical challenges that directly impact award‑winning productions?

At Amazon, we're transforming the entertainment industry by moving post‑production workflows to the cloud. The Studio in the Cloud (SITC) Production Platform Engineering team builds and maintains the infrastructure that enables productions to perform Editorial, Dailies, Color, Conform, VFX, Sound, QC, Mastering, and Delivery entirely in AWS.

We're looking for a Systems Development Engineer who can bridge the gap between traditional media workflows and modern cloud infrastructure. You'll work with AWS services to solve problems that have never been solved at this scale—enabling creative teams worldwide to collaborate seamlessly on productions worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

• 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 Cloud Formation or CDK
• Troubleshoot production‑impacting issues across the full stack—from network configurations to application‑level bugs—diving as deep as needed to unblock creative teams
• 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 (at‑rest and in‑transit), IAM policies, VPC design, and authentication mechanisms
• 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

The Production Platform Engineering team sits at the intersection of entertainment and technology. We support productions ranging from episodic series to feature films, ensuring creative teams have the tools and infrastructure they need to deliver world‑class content. Our work directly impacts release schedules, creative quality, and the ability of Amazon Studios to compete at the highest levels of the industry.

We value ownership, technical depth, and customer obsession. You'll primarily collaborate with Product Management and our Production Technology team to understand requirements and deliver solutions, with occasional direct engagement with production teams to understand their workflows and gather feedback.

• Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large‑scale infrastructure
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
• Experience in systems administration, network administration, AWS cloud app development, Dev Ops or site reliability engineering
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems, strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
• Experience implementing AWS services
• 2+ years of networking (DNS, DHCP, SSL, OSI Model, TCP/IP) experience
• Knowledge of security best practices

• Experience with distributed systems at scale

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Location:

USA, CA, Culver City

Base salary range: $ – $ USD annually