Sr. Software Development Engineer, Luna Core Tech Streaming

Overview

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.

• 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.

• 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.
• Provide technical insight on implementation direction.
• Collaborate regularly with colleagues across Amazon’s businesses and services to align technical and business goals.

• 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

• 5+ 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
• Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
• Experience with video encoding and streaming media standards
• Experience in Linux/Wine/Proton software and operating system stack

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

Base salary range: USD  –  annually. The package will include sign‑on payments, restricted stock units (RSUs), and a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance, EAP, mental health support, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

USA, CA, Irvine

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