Software Development Engineer, Luna SIPS

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Luna is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join the SIPS team, building and operating distributed services for provisioning and managing Luna's compute fleet.

You will tackle fleet scaling, capacity provisioning, and workload placement across regions, while improving GPU utilization and platform reliability. This role offers end-to-end ownership, collaboration with Luna and AWS teams, and opportunities to mentor others.

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.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and operate distributed services that power Luna's streaming infrastructure and provisioning platform.
• Build and improve systems for automated capacity provisioning, fleet scaling, instance lifecycle management, and workload placement across AWS regions.
• Develop solutions that improve GPU and compute utilization while maintaining high availability, performance, and customer experience.
• Own features and services end-to-end, from technical design and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and production operations.
• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues spanning distributed services, EC2 infrastructure, networking, and GPU environments.
• Improve the scalability, reliability, observability, and operational efficiency of SIPS services and reduce manual operational work through automation.
• Work closely with engineers across Luna and AWS to support new game launches, infrastructure capabilities, instance types, and regional expansion.
• Participate in design and code reviews, contribute to technical decisions, and help improve engineering standards and development practices across the team.
• Mentor engineers, share technical knowledge, and contribute to a strong engineering and operational culture.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

OOP design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Bachelor's degree in CS/Eng/Math

Job description

Amazon Luna is looking for a Software Development Engineer II to join the SIPS (Streaming Infrastructure and Provisioning Services) team. SIPS owns the infrastructure and services responsible for provisioning, managing, and efficiently utilizing the compute fleet that powers Luna's cloud gaming platform.

Cloud gaming presents a unique infrastructure challenge. We need to have the right GPU capacity available in the right AWS regions at the right time, while balancing customer experience, availability, performance, and infrastructure cost. The systems owned by SIPS operate at large scale and sit directly in the critical path of launching and running game sessions for Luna customers.

As an SDE II on SIPS, you will design, build, and operate distributed services that manage the lifecycle of our compute infrastructure. You will work on problems such as automated fleet scaling, capacity provisioning, instance lifecycle management, workload placement, infrastructure utilization, and improving the reliability and efficiency of our platform.

You will work closely with engineers across Luna and AWS to solve problems that span application software, distributed systems, EC2 infrastructure, GPUs, networking, and capacity management. You will have opportunities to take ambiguous infrastructure problems, develop technical solutions, and drive them from design through production.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and operate distributed services that power Luna's streaming infrastructure and provisioning platform.
• Build and improve systems for automated capacity provisioning, fleet scaling, instance lifecycle management, and workload placement across AWS regions.
• Develop solutions that improve GPU and compute utilization while maintaining high availability, performance, and customer experience.
• Own features and services end-to-end, from technical design and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and production operations.
• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues spanning distributed services, EC2 infrastructure, networking, and GPU environments.
• Improve the scalability, reliability, observability, and operational efficiency of SIPS services and reduce manual operational work through automation.
• Work closely with engineers across Luna and AWS to support new game launches, infrastructure capabilities, instance types, and regional expansion.
• Participate in design and code reviews, contribute to technical decisions, and help improve engineering standards and development practices across the team.
• Mentor engineers, share technical knowledge, and contribute to a strong engineering and operational culture.

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
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design 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
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

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 Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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USA, CA, Irvine - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually