Software Development Engineer, Amazon IVS

Job Summary: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is responsible for the design and operation of global infrastructure to keep the cloud running. The IVS Control Plane team is seeking a backend software engineer to design and develop public APIs and core backend services, enabling low-latency video experiences for developers and businesses worldwide. Responsibilities: • Design and develop backend services and public APIs for the Amazon Interactive Video Service. • Build distributed systems that manage configuration, orchestration, and lifecycle of live video streaming resources using Go, TypeScript, or similar modern programming languages • Define and maintain service infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code practices, primarily with AWS CDK. • Work closely with backend engineers, frontend engineers, product managers, and applied scientists to deliver seamless customer experiences • Ensure backend systems are highly available, scalable, and secure at AWS scale • Apply backend best practices including testing, performance optimization, observability, and maintainable code • Collaborate with other AWS service teams to integrate shared services and deliver consistent AWS service experiences • Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, design reviews, and on-call rotations • Drive operational excellence through automation, metrics, alarms, and runbooks Qualifications: Required: • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience • Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field • Experience scripting in modern programming languages, or experience working with REST API based services Preferred: • 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience • Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent, or 5+ years of building production software experience • Experience building services using AWS products • Experience in Database like NoSQL, or experience in any Bigdata architecture and experience in Hadoop Company: Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Seattle, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

Created: 2026-03-07