Software Development Engineer, AI Studios Engineering

Join us as a Software Development Engineer on the AI Studios Engineering org within Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios where youll build intelligent systems at the intersection of AI and cinematic storytelling. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to Creative Studio our AI-native content creation platform that empowers creators to produce professional animation and live action content featuring world-class intellectual properties at unprecedented speed and this role youll develop production-quality code for AI-powered creative tools while learning from experienced engineers and scientists. Youll work alongside creative professionals (animators filmmakers and storytellers) and implement features that directly transform how animation and live action/VFX content is made for Prime Videos most ambitious productions. This is an ideal opportunity for engineers who are passionate about AI/ML applications in entertainment and want to grow their skills while contributing to products that ship to Prime Video audiences.

Key job responsibilities
Design develop and maintain software components for our AI-native content creation platform supporting professional animation and live-action/VFX workflows
Implement features across the stack from backend services media processing pipelines and APIs to ML model integrations and creator-facing tooling with guidance from senior engineers
Write clean well-tested and maintainable code while participating in code reviews to give and receive constructive feedback
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including ML scientists applied scientists product managers and creative professionals to understand requirements and deliver solutions
Contribute to integrations with industry-standard Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools such as Adobe Animate After Effects Maya and Storyboard Pro
Troubleshoot and debug issues in production systems contributing to operational excellence and system reliability
Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to improving system monitoring alerting and documentation
Continuously learn new technologies tools and methodologies relevant to AI/ML systems media processing and distributed computing

A day in the life
As an SDE on the AI Studios team youll spend most of your time writing and reviewing code with regular opportunities to collaborate with teammates on design discussions. A typical day might include building API endpoints for our creator tooling platform implementing new features for our live action VFX pipeline or debugging an integration with our proprietary AI models. What makes this role unique is the opportunity to work on-site alongside VFX artists and creative professionals sitting with them as they use your tools watching where workflows break down and iterating rapidly to meet the demands of production timelines. Youll participate in team standups sprint planning and retrospectives while building your understanding of our systems. Youll have opportunities to learn from experienced engineers and gradually take on more complex challenges as you grow.

About the team
Were part of the Engineering org within newly established Prime Videos AI Studios Division pioneering AI-native cinematic content creation. Our mission is to establish Amazon MGM Studios as the definitive leader in AI-enabled content creationgiving creators unprecedented control over AI outputs while materially reducing production costs and timelines for animation and live action productions featuring world-class intellectual properties. Our engineering team spans distributed systems engineers building scalable infrastructure ML engineers optimizing model training and inference and full-stack engineers crafting intuitive interfaces for creative collaboration. Were building Creative Studio our AI-native platform along with proprietary AI models (Genies) for animation Live Action/VFX copilots and integrations with industry-standard creative tools. We work in a fast-paced innovative environment where youll contribute to technology transforming how iconic entertainment content is made.

Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies series documentaries and live sports including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV Max Crunchyroll and MGM. All customers regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store and can enjoy even more content for free with ads.

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment Prime Videos technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.

As a Prime Video technologist youll have end-to-end ownership of the product user experience design and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. Youll get to work on projects that are fast-paced challenging and varied. Youll also be able to experiment with new possibilities take risks and collaborate with remarkable people.

Well look for you to bring your diverse perspectives ideas and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!



- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1 years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1 years of designing and developing large-scale multi-tiered multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services using: C# C Java or Perl experience
- 1 years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 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

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 Companys 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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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 CA Culver City - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually
USA NY New York - 158100.00 - 213800.00 USD annually