Sr. Software Development Engineer, Studios Tech, Studios Core Software
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Studios Technology is revolutionizing the television and movie production industry by developing innovative applications that streamline the entire content creation lifecycle. We're seeking passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of studio operations through innovative software solutions.
Our mission is to transform Studios' operations by creating cloud-based infrastructure and apps that automate and optimize business processes. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to design, implement, and deploy distributed systems using AWS and industry best practices, working closely with leaders in an agile environment.
We value diversity and believe that different perspectives lead to better solutions for our customers. Our inclusive culture encourages everyone to participate and contribute their unique ideas. We also prioritize work-life balance, understanding that personal well-being is crucial to professional success.
At Amazon Studios Technology, we're committed to developing our people. Our leadership team provides mentorship and coaching to help you identify and achieve your career goals. By investing in your growth, we ensure the success of both our team members and our mission.
Key job responsibilities
* Lead the design and implementation of an API-layer persistence layer of data organized into a semantic knowledge graph
* Cross collaborate with client teams to help them develop API features that accelerates their onboarding to the graph
* Develop other engineers through mentorship and oversight
* Directly contribute to the delivery of multiple goals at the back end
* Inculcate best practices within the team to spread across the organization
* Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software
* Scalable backend services and APIs using Java, Typescript
* Technologies in use include Spring, AWS Neptune, Dynamo, Fargate, OpenSearch, API Gateway, EventBridge, CDK
A day in the life
* Lead document reviews and mentor others on architectural and document design
* Evangelize for schema best practices and elegant, customer-centric API design
* Oversee the design and implementation of API features to help launch new features that directly support the content creation pipeline
* Design scalable distributed architecture for a federated knowledge graph
* Manage and model graph data
* Maintain the operational stability of a central persistence platform for hundreds of internal services
* Work with client teams to refine, expand, and enhance a persistence API
About the team
We organize data into a semantic knowledge graph. We build tools that make it easy to add, distribute, discover, and understand this data, all through fine-grained security policies. We accelerate other engineering teams, and through that, get new experiences delivered to our customers, faster.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.