Software Development Engineer II, Studios Entertainment & Platform Engineering

Global technology company leading in e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Culver City, CA, USA
$129,300 - $223,600
Backend
Mid-Level Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
3+ years of experience
Entertainment

Description For Software Development Engineer II, Studios Entertainment & Platform Engineering

Join Amazon Prime Video's Marketing Digital Asset Management (MDAM) team to shape the future of digital entertainment. As an SDE II, you'll build and maintain the backbone of Prime Video's marketing campaigns, handling billions of digital assets across 32 global locales. You'll work on a proprietary digital media supply chain focusing on asset management from creation to distribution.

The role involves developing secure, scalable, low-latency services managing media files, including copy, transfer, transcode, validation, and AI-based metadata extraction. You'll leverage cutting-edge AWS technologies like DynamoDB, Aurora, OpenSearch, ECS, Lambda, and MediaConvert to build sophisticated workflows.

The position offers competitive compensation ($129,300-$223,600 based on location) plus equity and benefits. You'll join a team of skilled engineers working on large-scale systems that directly impact how millions of customers discover and enjoy content on Prime Video.

This is an excellent opportunity for engineers passionate about media technology, distributed systems, and building customer-facing products at scale. You'll work in Amazon's entertainment division, combining technical expertise with creative innovation to solve complex media supply chain challenges.

The role requires strong backend development skills, experience with distributed systems, and the ability to handle complex technical problems. You'll be part of Amazon's larger mission to revolutionize how people consume entertainment while working with the latest cloud technologies and media processing tools.

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Responsibilities For Software Development Engineer II, Studios Entertainment & Platform Engineering

  • Design and build innovative products in a large distributed computing environment
  • Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to conceive and design products
  • Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software
  • Design and maintain scalable backend services and APIs
  • Develop with JavaScript frameworks and AWS CDK
  • Manage digital asset storage and discovery solutions
  • Handle media file processing, validation, and lifecycle management

Requirements For Software Development Engineer II, Studios Entertainment & Platform Engineering

Java
Python
JavaScript
React
Node.js
  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Benefits For Software Development Engineer II, Studios Entertainment & Platform Engineering

Medical Insurance
401k
  • Medical benefits
  • 401k
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Competitive base pay
  • Equity compensation

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