Amazon
Software Development Manager, Production and Post Production Technology
Amazon, Culver City, California, United States, 90232
Software Development Manager, Production and Post Production Technology
Amazon MGM Studios is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager III to lead engineering teams building our Studio in the Cloud (SITC) platform.
SITC is transforming entertainment content creation by moving all major production and post‑production workflows from traditional on‑premises infrastructure to AWS cloud‑based solutions. This initiative encompasses nine core workflows—Dailies, Editorial, VFX, Sound, Conform, Color, Mastering, QC/Delivery, and Remote Production—representing the complete content creation lifecycle from Original Camera Footage (OCF) ingestion through final delivery.
As the SDM III you will independently lead a software development team that owns critical components of the SITC platform. You may own engineering for specific workflows (e.g., Dailies ingestion and transcoding infrastructure, Editorial collaboration systems, VFX rendering platform, or QC/Delivery pipelines). Your responsibilities include architecting and delivering distributed systems that enable creative professionals to collaborate globally using industry‑standard tools integrated on AWS. You will solve complex technical challenges such as high‑bandwidth media transfer, low‑latency playback, GPU virtualization for rendering workloads, and real‑time collaboration across global productions.
You will operate independently with minimal guidance, own your team’s structure, software architecture, and strategic technical direction. You will define a 1‑2 year technical vision for your domain, make critical architectural decisions that enable SITC to scale to 100+ concurrent productions, and balance feature velocity with operational excellence.
Working closely with Product Management (PMT), you will translate customer needs and workflow requirements into technical solutions, providing feasibility assessments, effort estimates, and architectural options, and challenge product assumptions when needed.
Technical delivery will target platforms such as Avid, Adobe, Colorfront, and Blackmagic, ensuring their applications perform optimally in cloud environments. Solutions must meet demanding creative quality requirements—near‑instantaneous response times, 4:4:4 10‑bit color fidelity, and reliability comparable to local workstations—supporting Amazon MGM Studios’ 150+ titles annually.
Key job responsibilities
Independently lead a software development team (6‑12 engineers) that owns SITC platform components, managing team structure, software architecture, technical strategy, and delivery execution for workflows such as Dailies infrastructure, Editorial collaboration systems, VFX rendering platform, or Mastering/QC pipelines.
Own team‑wide and product‑wide architectural decisions for your domain including system design, technology choices, API contracts, data models, and integration patterns. Define a 1‑2 year technical vision and roadmap that enables SITC to scale from 70+ productions to 150+ concurrent titles.
Architect and deliver distributed systems that handle OCF ingestion (terabytes per production), real‑time transcoding and processing, low‑latency media playback, GPU‑accelerated rendering, and global asset distribution across AWS regions. Ensure solutions meet creative quality requirements.
Solve complex technical problems including high‑bandwidth/low‑latency challenges for regions with varying network infrastructure, elastic compute scaling for rendering workloads, multi‑region disaster recovery for live productions, and integration with vendor systems (Avid, Adobe, Blackmagic) that have specific infrastructure requirements.
Lead technical discussions with Principal Engineers and Senior Engineers on system design trade‑offs, contribute to architectural reviews across the SITC platform, and identify when designs add complexity or impair future innovation.
Establish and own operational excellence for your systems including SLAs, monitoring and alerting, incident response, capacity planning, and cost optimization. Productions cannot tolerate downtime during active shoots.
Contribute to OP1/OP2 planning for the Studios Tech organization, influence engineering roadmaps and resource allocation, and align on cross‑team dependencies, shared infrastructure, and technical standards.
Build and develop the engineering team through hiring, performance management, career development, and creating sustainable work/life harmony. Delegate oversight of components, processes, and operations to grow future technical leaders.
Communicate technical vision, system architecture, and delivery status to engineering stakeholders, product leadership, and Studios executives. Write technical narratives, architecture documents, and contribute to PR/FAQs.
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of engineering team management experience
7+ years of engineering experience
8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi‑tier web services
3+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle
1+ years of developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++
1+ years of developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software systems using service‑oriented architecture
1+ years of developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Preferred Qualifications
Experience communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, 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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/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.
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SITC is transforming entertainment content creation by moving all major production and post‑production workflows from traditional on‑premises infrastructure to AWS cloud‑based solutions. This initiative encompasses nine core workflows—Dailies, Editorial, VFX, Sound, Conform, Color, Mastering, QC/Delivery, and Remote Production—representing the complete content creation lifecycle from Original Camera Footage (OCF) ingestion through final delivery.
As the SDM III you will independently lead a software development team that owns critical components of the SITC platform. You may own engineering for specific workflows (e.g., Dailies ingestion and transcoding infrastructure, Editorial collaboration systems, VFX rendering platform, or QC/Delivery pipelines). Your responsibilities include architecting and delivering distributed systems that enable creative professionals to collaborate globally using industry‑standard tools integrated on AWS. You will solve complex technical challenges such as high‑bandwidth media transfer, low‑latency playback, GPU virtualization for rendering workloads, and real‑time collaboration across global productions.
You will operate independently with minimal guidance, own your team’s structure, software architecture, and strategic technical direction. You will define a 1‑2 year technical vision for your domain, make critical architectural decisions that enable SITC to scale to 100+ concurrent productions, and balance feature velocity with operational excellence.
Working closely with Product Management (PMT), you will translate customer needs and workflow requirements into technical solutions, providing feasibility assessments, effort estimates, and architectural options, and challenge product assumptions when needed.
Technical delivery will target platforms such as Avid, Adobe, Colorfront, and Blackmagic, ensuring their applications perform optimally in cloud environments. Solutions must meet demanding creative quality requirements—near‑instantaneous response times, 4:4:4 10‑bit color fidelity, and reliability comparable to local workstations—supporting Amazon MGM Studios’ 150+ titles annually.
Key job responsibilities
Independently lead a software development team (6‑12 engineers) that owns SITC platform components, managing team structure, software architecture, technical strategy, and delivery execution for workflows such as Dailies infrastructure, Editorial collaboration systems, VFX rendering platform, or Mastering/QC pipelines.
Own team‑wide and product‑wide architectural decisions for your domain including system design, technology choices, API contracts, data models, and integration patterns. Define a 1‑2 year technical vision and roadmap that enables SITC to scale from 70+ productions to 150+ concurrent titles.
Architect and deliver distributed systems that handle OCF ingestion (terabytes per production), real‑time transcoding and processing, low‑latency media playback, GPU‑accelerated rendering, and global asset distribution across AWS regions. Ensure solutions meet creative quality requirements.
Solve complex technical problems including high‑bandwidth/low‑latency challenges for regions with varying network infrastructure, elastic compute scaling for rendering workloads, multi‑region disaster recovery for live productions, and integration with vendor systems (Avid, Adobe, Blackmagic) that have specific infrastructure requirements.
Lead technical discussions with Principal Engineers and Senior Engineers on system design trade‑offs, contribute to architectural reviews across the SITC platform, and identify when designs add complexity or impair future innovation.
Establish and own operational excellence for your systems including SLAs, monitoring and alerting, incident response, capacity planning, and cost optimization. Productions cannot tolerate downtime during active shoots.
Contribute to OP1/OP2 planning for the Studios Tech organization, influence engineering roadmaps and resource allocation, and align on cross‑team dependencies, shared infrastructure, and technical standards.
Build and develop the engineering team through hiring, performance management, career development, and creating sustainable work/life harmony. Delegate oversight of components, processes, and operations to grow future technical leaders.
Communicate technical vision, system architecture, and delivery status to engineering stakeholders, product leadership, and Studios executives. Write technical narratives, architecture documents, and contribute to PR/FAQs.
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of engineering team management experience
7+ years of engineering experience
8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi‑tier web services
3+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle
1+ years of developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++
1+ years of developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software systems using service‑oriented architecture
1+ years of developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Preferred Qualifications
Experience communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, 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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/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.
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