Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Optical Inter-Satellite Link
$168K–$262K
Sunnyvale, CA +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
Redmond, WA
Northridge, CA
NORTHRIDGE, CA - Experience
- 5+ years in each of the stated software development, programming, design/architecture, and full software development life-cycle areas; experience mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team is also required.
- 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, due to export control laws and regulations.
About the job
Design and build embedded networking and switch-management software for optical inter-satellite links, and help integrate, test, deploy, and monitor the satellite communications network.
What you'll do
- Develop switch-management software for route translation, forwarding tables, MAC learning, and loop prevention.
- Design and optimize embedded Linux networking layers, including device drivers and protocols.
- Integrate and test optical communications systems, and build network diagnostics and observability tools.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience, programming experience, system design or architecture experience, and full software development life-cycle experience.
- Experience mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
- Experience with a switch SDK and L2 networking protocols, including RSTP, BFD, MPLS, and ARP.
- Experience developing embedded and low-level networking software systems in C/C++ or Rust.
Nice to have
- Experience developing embedded software for space systems, including optical communication systems, laser terminals, or high-speed serial interfaces.
- Experience with ARM-based SoCs.
Pay
USD 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 annually (base salary); USD 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 annually (base salary); USD 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, Rust, embedded Linux, RSTP, BFD, MPLS, ARP, ARM-based SoCs
AI focus
The team works on AI-driven capabilities to improve optical links; specific AI duties for this role are not stated.
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