Drimva

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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First seen Oct 22, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)