Amazon
Software Development Manager, Amazon Leo, Amazon Leo
$185K–$250K
Redmond, WA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 26, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years engineering team management; 7+ years engineering; 8+ years leading multi-tier web services; 1+ year each in technical leadership/project management and in each of the listed distributed-systems areas; 5+ years as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or in a related occupation.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Employment is contingent upon obtaining any required U.S. government export licenses or approvals; the successful candidate must be eligible based on nationality, citizenship, and other applicable export-control factors.
About the job
Leads the Network Observability and AI Foundations team, building systems to detect satellite network issues and developing AI-assisted diagnostics for Amazon Leo.
What you'll do
- Design software systems and interfaces with peer teams and customers, and contribute to mission-critical system design.
- Set the team’s strategic growth plan; hire, develop, onboard, and mentor software engineers.
- Build observability systems and advance agentic AI for satellite network diagnostics and operations.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience; 7+ years of engineering experience; and 8+ years leading definition and development of multi-tier web services.
- 1+ years providing technical leadership and project management across the software development lifecycle.
- 1+ years developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++, service-oriented architecture, and distributed programming.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field; knowledge of full software/hardware/networks development practices; experience partnering with product or program management teams.
Nice to have
- Experience communicating requirements, software features, technical designs, and product strategy to users, technical teams, and senior leadership.
- Experience recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing software engineering teams.
Pay
184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C#, C++, service-oriented architecture
AI focus
Pioneering agentic AI for satellite network diagnostics to report, troubleshoot, and mitigate issues across the satellite and end-to-end network stack and mission operations use cases.
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