PYTHON/ AWS with Media Domain experience

About the Role

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

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

Skills

Mandatory Skills : Python, AWS Lambda