Software Dev Engineer II, Luna

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Luna is building a cloud gaming streaming service. We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to own end-to-end software development for Luna’s core streaming infrastructure, enabling scalable services that power streaming on a variety of devices.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, production-grade code, and collaboration with product managers, engineers, and QA to align technical and business goals. Mentorship and deep dives into system internals are expected.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years of experience in design or architecture of new/existing systems
• Experience programming with at least one language

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end software development: design, implement, test, and operate scalable services powering Luna’s streaming infrastructure.
• Drive rapid innovation: develop quick proof-of-concepts, iterate on prototypes, and ship production-grade code balancing cost, schedule, and performance.
• Collaborate across disciplines: work with product managers, engineers, and QA to deliver consumer-facing features meeting technical and business goals.
• Mentor and lead: serve as a technical leader, guiding design decisions, code reviews, and best-practice adoption across the team.
• Operate at all levels: dive into low-level details of Windows/Linux, Wine, Proton and related stack components, while providing strategic input for product direction.

Skills

Software development

System design

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Description

The Amazon Luna team is leveraging the power of the cloud to enable customers to stream games on their existing devices. Luna represents an exciting and truly new product and business, with a high degree of innovation, and an opportunity to reach a large volume of passionate customers.

Description

The Amazon Luna team is leveraging the power of the cloud to enable customers to stream games on their existing devices. Luna represents an exciting and truly new product and business, with a high degree of innovation, and an opportunity to reach a large volume of passionate customers.

As a Software Development Engineer working on the core streaming infrastructure for Luna, you will get to combine your passion for gaming, AWS, and building scalable tech for the next generation of cloud gaming.

We value diversity of backgrounds as we believe writing software is a learning process and that innovation is driven by learners, not knowers. We're often breaking new ground as we work with low‑level details of the Windows and Linux operating systems, Wine, and Proton. Much of our work involves convincing various stack components to perform tasks that they weren't originally designed for.

We are looking for an SDE that is excited to learn and build the next generations of our service. The successful candidate should be able to thrive in all phases of software development and be adaptable to work with a variety of technologies and development environments.

Key job responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end software development: Design, implement, test, and operate scalable services that power Luna’s streaming infrastructure.
• Drive rapid innovation: Develop quick proof‑of‑concepts, iterate on prototypes, and ship production‑grade code while balancing cost, schedule, and performance.
• Collaborate across disciplines: Work closely with product managers, engineers, and QA to deliver consumer‑facing features that meet both technical and business goals.
• Mentor and lead: Serve as a technical leader, guiding design decisions, code reviews, and best‑practice adoption across the team.
• Operate at all levels: Dive deep into low‑level details of Windows/Linux, Wine, Proton, and related stack components, in addition to streaming technologies while also providing strategic input for product direction.

A day in the life

The Luna Initiative Is a Fast‑paced, Highly Collaborative Start‑up‑like Environment Inside Amazon. Success Requires Flexibility, Entrepreneurial Spirit, And Comfort With Ambiguity. You Will Own projects from concept to production, delivering quick proof‑of‑concepts and iterating based on feedback.

Dive deep into low‑level system details to make stack components behave in novel ways.

Strategic input: Provide technical insight on implementation direction.

Collaborate regularly with colleagues across Amazon’s businesses and services to align technical and business goals.

About The Team

Amazon Luna is a cloud gaming service that makes it easy for anyone to play high-quality games on the devices they already own—including Fire TV and tablet devices, smartphones, tablets, web browsers, select smart televisions from LG and Samsung, and more--with no need to purchase new gaming consoles or equipment. Luna brings more than 50 games to Prime members at no additional cost, including GameNight, an evolving collection of more than 25 approachable, local multiplayer games designed to bring friends and family together in the living room. To play GameNight titles, simply scan a QR code on your TV and your smartphone becomes your controller. With simple and responsive touchscreen inputs and support for multiple local players, GameNight offers and easy and approachable way to play whether you’re an experienced gamer of a casual fan.

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
• 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and