Software Dev Engineer III , Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS)

Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) is AWS's fully managed live streaming service, built on the same battle-tested technology that powers Twitch and trusted by thousands of enterprises across gaming, social, live commerce, sports, and entertainment.

Our mission: enable developers to build communities around live video. We handle everything from ingest to processing to delivery at global scale, so developers can focus on creating interactive, engaging live experiences for their audiences. Whether you're streaming to tens of millions of concurrent viewers or just getting started, Amazon IVS removes the complexity so developers can move fast.

IVS's Video Client SDK team is looking for experienced mobile engineers to build a multi-platform broadcasting and playback system that works everywhere people want to create and consume video. We own the Real Time, Broadcast, and Video Player SDKs that power our customers' live video experiences. As a software engineer in the Mobile Client SDK Team reporting to the Director of Client Engineering, you will create and refine a media experience used by millions of users all over the world.

Key job responsibilities

- Develop and maintain our video playback, broadcast, and real-time SDKs for iOS

- Collaborate with backend video teams that support low-latency and real-time media broadcasting and playback

- Build reliable unit, integration, and end-to-end tests

- Stay current on Apple platform developments, media frameworks, and streaming technologies

A day in the life

You might start the morning investigating a customer-reported playback issue, digging into AVFoundation behavior across iOS versions. By midmorning you're building new playback functionality in our HLS Player SDK including API design, implementing for functionality in C++, crafting platform specific bindings, and testing across a range of devices. After lunch you're reviewing a teammate's PR for the real-time SDK, discussing codec tradeoffs with the backend team, and running integration tests to make sure nothing regressed. The work spans the full media stack on Apple platforms and no two days look the same.

About the team

Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) is a managed live streaming solution that helps customers create interactive video experiences at scale. We power some of the world's largest streaming platforms, including Twitch, enabling businesses and developers to add live video and real-time interactivity to their applications without managing complex video infrastructure.

We build innovative solutions that democratize live video streaming technology. You'll work with talented engineers who are passionate about solving complex challenges and creating seamless, low-latency, and real-time streaming experiences. If you're excited about shaping the future of interactive live video, join us as we continue to expand our capabilities and empower customers worldwide.

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

- Strong background in foundational iOS/Apple platform technologies and languages such as Swift, Objective-C, and UIKit/SwiftUI

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

- Experience programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl

- Experience building cross-platform libraries/SDKs and shipping successful software products

- Familiarity with video streaming technologies (HLS, LL-HLS, DASH) and codecs such as H.264, H.265, and AV1

- Experience with Apple media frameworks (AVFoundation, VideoToolbox, AudioToolbox, Core Media)

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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at

USA, CA, San Francisco - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually