Software Engineer - Media Platform (Python/AWS)

Job Title: Software Engineer - Media Platform (Python/AWS) experience in the media/entertainment industry

Location: New York, NY

Work Mode: Onsite (5 days on-site)

Should be similarly strong in AWS & Python

Description:

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join our team, a media file transformation and content distribution platform built on AWS. You will develop and maintain serverless workflows that power media operations for content distribution deals and internal content supply pipelines.

Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain serverless applications using AWS Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, DynamoDB, and S3

Build and deploy infrastructure using AWS CDK (Python)

Develop media processing workflows including video transformation, transcoding, watermarking, and timed text operations

Integrate with media processing services like AWS MediaConvert, Hybrik, and Nielsen encoding

Write clean, testable Python code following best practices

Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical documentation

Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in a distributed system environment

Required Qualifications:

Experience with Python 3.11+

Strong experience with AWS services: Lambda, Step Functions, S3, SQS, DynamoDB, EventBridge, CloudWatch

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK preferred, CloudFormation acceptable)

Familiarity with serverless architectures and event-driven design patterns

Experience with CI/CD pipelines (CodePipeline, GitHub Actions)

Understanding of REST APIs and asynchronous processing

Experience with testing frameworks (pytest)

Git version control proficiency

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in the media/entertainment industry

Knowledge of video formats, codecs, and media processing concepts

Experience with Docker and containerized workloads (AWS Batch, ECS)

Familiarity with Pydantic for data validation

Experience with monitoring/observability tools (CloudWatch, AWS Lambda Powertools)

Knowledge of Serverless Framework

Mandatory skills: Python, AWS Lambda

Tech Stack

Languages: Python 3.11

AWS Services: Lambda, Step Functions, CDK, S3, SQS, DynamoDB, EventBridge, MediaConvert, Batch, ECR

Tools: Docker, Git, pytest, Black, Pylint, Pyright

Frameworks: Pydantic, AWS Lambda Powertools, boto3

Nice to Have

Experience with Hybrik or similar media transcoding platforms