Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, Software Defined Network Control Plane, Amazon Leo
$168K–$227K
Redmond, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years for each of the three stated experience requirements; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- 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
Leads development of the distributed SDN control plane that routes and orchestrates traffic across Amazon Leo’s satellites and terrestrial network.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver scalable, low-latency control-plane services and set engineering direction.
- Build link planning, routing, and control-plane delivery services in Rust; develop operational tooling and observability.
- Drive software quality through design, reviews, testing, deployment, on-call support, and mentoring.
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 design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Rust
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