Amazon
Sr. Software Development Engineer - Amazon LEO, LEO Pop DataPlane
$193K–$262K
Sunnyvale, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in each of the stated software development, programming, and system design or architecture areas; mentoring, tech lead, or team leadership experience required.
- Education
- 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
Architects and builds traffic-processing networking systems that connect customer traffic to Amazon LEO’s satellite network.
What you'll do
- Own the architecture and lifecycle of Pop DataPlane traffic-processing systems, balancing scalability, performance, and security.
- Lead projects building networking functions on AWS; establish development, testing, and deployment practices.
- Partner with network and customer-facing teams, maintain CI/CD and reliability tooling, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years programming in at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- 5+ years across the full software development life cycle.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS
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