Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, AI Studios Engineering
$168K–$250K
Culver City, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 20, 2026
- Location
- Culver City, CA
New York, NY - Experience
- 5+ years for each of the three stated experience requirements; also requires experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leader.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Develops software for Nara, an AI-native content creation platform, building tools and systems for professional animation and live-action/VFX production.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain platform components, including backend services, media-processing pipelines, APIs, ML integrations, and creator-facing tools.
- Collaborate with engineers, scientists, product managers, and creative professionals to deliver features and integrate industry-standard creative tools.
- Debug production systems and support reliability through on-call rotations, monitoring, alerting, and documentation.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leader of an engineering team.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary); 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Adobe Animate, After Effects, Maya, Storyboard Pro
AI focus
Build AI-powered creative tools and integrate proprietary AI models into animation and live-action/VFX workflows.
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