Systems Development Engineer, Production and Post Production Technology, Amazon MGM Studios

This role is based in London, GBR.

Responsibilities:

• Build cloud-native capabilities for VFX rendering and management, sound mixing, and remote production workflows.
• Improve and scale existing workflows for Editorial, Dailies, Color, and Conform.
• Translate post-production workflows into infrastructure-as-code using CloudFormation or CDK.
• Troubleshoot production-impacting issues across the full stack.
• Design solutions using AWS services optimized for high-throughput media workloads.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Production Technology teams to deliver technical solutions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience in automating and supporting large-scale infrastructure.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, Java).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and systems engineering.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, etc.).
• Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a distributed systems environment.
• Background in media and entertainment, particularly post-production workflows.
• Familiarity with media file formats and transcoding workflows.