Amazon
Software Development Engineer, Software Defined Network Controller, Amazon LEO
$144K–$194K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted May 13, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years for each of the specified software development, design/architecture, software engineering or related, large-scale software development, and Object Oriented Design experience areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 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
Designs, builds, and operates the software-defined network control plane for Amazon Leo’s satellite and terrestrial broadband network.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver scalable, high-throughput, low-latency network architecture, including RF beam and optical link planning.
- Implement highly available control-plane software for physical and virtual nodes.
- Automate software development, testing, maintenance, and operational processes.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience and 3+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
- 3+ years of system design or architecture experience, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 3+ years designing and developing large-scale applications, tools, systems, or services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl; 3+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field; experience programming in at least one language.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C#, C++, Java, Perl
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