Amazon
Senior Software Dev Engineer, SDN, Amazon LEO
$168K–$227K
Redmond, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years for each of the three stated experience qualifications; no alternatives stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Design, build, and operate the software-defined network control plane for Amazon LEO’s satellite and terrestrial network.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver scalable, high-throughput, low-latency network architecture and control-plane software.
- Orchestrate on-orbit payload activities and automate software development, testing, deployment, and maintenance processes.
- Diagnose network routing and forwarding issues, integrate network telemetry and topology data, and develop routing behavior for changing conditions and failures.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years programming in at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years leading the design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development life-cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
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