AWS Sling Shot Developer

Kyyba•New York, NY

29d•Onsite

About The Position

Software Developer will work on one of our Media client projects that's developing their next generation cloud-based content distribution pipeline in AWS that is being used to distribute media files to partners worldwide. The role will be engaged end-to-end from understanding product goals and roadmaps through to solution design, architecture, build, integration, deployment, and support. They will be responsible for the full SDLC of a software product that provides transformation of media files and content distribution services to its clients through a well-defined single point of integration for leveraging the client's globally distributed media storage and transcoding capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field (or equivalent experience)
3+ years of experience in Python development (production-level)
3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS
Strong experience with NoSQL databases (DynamoDB)
Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server) – preferred
Expertise in building serverless architectures using: AWS Lambda, ECS/Fargate, AWS Step Functions
Experience with event-driven architectures (message queues, topics, pub/sub systems)
Strong understanding of: Software design patterns
Git/version control
Unit testing and test-driven development (TDD)
CI/CD practices and pipelines

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS CDK for infrastructure as code
Experience with Kubernetes (deployment and operations)
Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Copilot
Exposure to AI/ML ecosystems , including: AWS Bedrock / Vertex AI / Azure AI
Frameworks like LangChain
Vector databases
PyTorch / TensorFlow
Knowledge of media processing and video engineering concepts , including media file/container formats
AWS Certifications (strong plus)
Exposure to C / C++ (good to have)

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain highly scalable, high performance, and highly available systems.
Write well-tested, efficient, and readable code.
Ensure that all deliverables follow best practices around source control and CI/CD.
Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
Ensure that solutions are in line with the other deliverables of the team and produce documentation so that others learn from and contribute to the work.
Attend and contribute to meetings.
Complete tasks as assigned by supervisor.