Software Development Engineer II, Amazon MGM Studios Tech

Ready to shape the future of global entertainment? Join Amazon and MGM Studios Tech as a Software Development Engineer/Leader where you'll drive transformative initiatives that redefine how studios creates content all the way from a concept to green lighting the movie/ series/ IP, to distribution, the financials around it and how hundreds of millions of customers worldwide experience streaming content.

You'll be at the forefront of Amazon's entertainment revolution, working where entertainment meets tech. Your work will directly impact how millions of people discover and enjoy content, while helping shape the future of streaming technology. If you're excited about solving complex technical challenges at massive scale while working with some of the most iconic entertainment brands in the world, this is your opportunity to make history.

This role is based in Bangalore, putting you at the intersection of Amazon's tech innovation and MGM's century of storytelling excellence.

Join us in building the future of entertainment

Key job responsibilities

- Lead complex, high-visibility technical programs that power the world's most comprehensive digital video studios technology organization

- Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy for next-generation studios businesses from Sales, Distribution and Studios Marketing Technology

- Partner with engineering teams to build scalable solutions that handle massive amounts of global content data

- Collaborate with MGM Studios, Prime Video leadership, and cross-functional teams to deliver innovative entertainment experiences

- Mentor and develop other engineers while raising the bar for operational and engineering excellence

Impact You'll Own:

- Shape the technical foundation that brings award-winning content to viewers worldwide

- Design and implement systems that seamlessly handle complex content relationships across multiple dimensions (regions, languages, licensing, etc.)

- Drive operational excellence initiatives that scale across Amazon's global entertainment ecosystem

- Lead programs that integrate MGM's iconic content library with Amazon's streaming technology

What You Bring:

- Deep technical expertise in large-scale distributed systems and architecture

- Proven track record leading complex technical programs with multiple stakeholders

- High Bar in driving operational and engineering excellence, strategic thinking and tactical execution

- Strong communication skills and ability to influence senior leadership and other engineering teams across broader organization.

- Experience scaling teams and mentoring other engineers to force multiple.

Basic Qualifications

- 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

- 3+ years of Video Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops) experience

- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

- 3+ 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

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Posted: November 27, 2025 (Updated about 8 hours ago)

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