Amazon
Software Development Engineer, Leo Space Security
$144K–$194K
Arlington, VA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- Arlington, VA
Herndon, VA - Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture; 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience; 1+ years developing large-scale software using a listed language.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen due to applicable export control laws and regulations.
About the job
Build and operate software platforms that protect Amazon Leo’s satellite infrastructure through security detection, incident response, and AI-assisted automation.
What you'll do
- Develop platform features end to end, from requirements and design through deployment, instrumentation, and production operations.
- Build capabilities for asset tracking, consolidated detection, automated triage and containment, and self-service security workflows.
- Improve system performance and reliability, review code, and collaborate with applied scientists and security engineers.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
- 1+ years designing and developing large-scale software applications, tools, systems, or services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Experience in security, performance optimization, distributed systems, or graph databases and knowledge graphs.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary); 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C#, C++, Java, Perl, Neptune, Neo4j
AI focus
Build a neurosymbolic reasoning platform combining large language model agents, a knowledge graph, and real-time asset state to automate threat analysis, incident response, offensive security testing, and detection authoring.
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