Amazon
Software Development Engineer, Leo Flight Software Team
$144K–$194K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, 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
Build and scale VirtSat, the virtual satellite simulation platform used to provision and test Leo satellite systems before launch.
What you'll do
- Own the Graviton virtualization layer, including VM lifecycle, monitoring, and fault recovery.
- Develop embedded software, drivers, and emulation for satellite systems and peripherals.
- Build provisioning and networking capabilities, and improve boot and provisioning performance.
What they ask for
- Linux systems programming using C, Rust, Python, or Bash.
- Experience with virtualization or emulation such as KVM, QEMU, or Docker.
- Familiarity with embedded Linux and experience with shell scripting and system automation.
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Experience with ARM64 or Graviton, QEMU device emulation, device drivers, or micro-controllers.
- Experience with network virtualization, satellite systems, EC2 bare-metal, SSM, AMI pipelines, or Rust systems programming.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Rust, C, C++, Linux, KVM, QEMU, EC2, SSM
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