Software Development Manager, Media Foundations, Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS)

About the role

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. We are looking for a Software Development Manager (SDM) for the Media Foundations team.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute technical strategies to deliver Amazon IVS features, balancing customer needs, business priorities, and technical excellence while driving innovation in stream lifecycle management, video workflow task placement, and operational tooling
• Own operational excellence across services, improve incident response/management, and continually improve deployment practices and monitoring systems
• Drive hiring, retention, and development of engineering talent, building diverse, high-performing teams and developing future leaders through coaching and mentorship
• Partner with Product Management, Principal Engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to shape product vision, prioritize investments, and deliver customer-obsessed solutions
• Manage complex technical dependencies and integration points across services, ensuring seamless customer experiences and architectural alignment
• Drive cost optimization and efficiency improvements while maintaining service quality

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 8+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience
• 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 and program management teams
• Experience delivering products against plan in a fast-paced, multi-disciplined, distributed-responsibility and often ambiguous environment
• Experience with live video streaming concepts and technologies including video/audio codecs (e.g. H.264/H.265/AV1), container formats (e.g. TS/MP4), and transport protocols (e.g. RTMP, SRT, WebRTC)
• Experience with performance optimization of native C/C++/Rust/Golang applications in Linux environments

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications
• Preferred Qualifications

Benefits

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.