Amazon
Software Development Engineer (SDE), SDN Controller, Amazon LEO
$144K–$194K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship systems design or architecture experience. Preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Education
- Preferred: 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
Design, implement, and operate the software-defined network control plane for Amazon LEO’s satellite and terrestrial network.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver a scalable, high-throughput, low-latency network architecture and satellite topology management.
- Build highly available software for networking control plane operations on physical and virtual nodes.
- Automate software development, testing, and maintenance processes and improve operational excellence for control plane services.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; knowledge of software engineering best practices.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
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