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Software Dev Engineer II, Amazon Leo

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Redmond, WAJob$144–194K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago

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Compensation
$144–194K/yr
Location
Redmond, WA
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Amazon Leo, the low Earth orbit satellite network, seeks a Software Development Engineer to drive OTA updates for millions of Customer Terminals, ensuring safe, reliable, rapid firmware delivery across diverse hardware. The role blends distributed systems, embedded software, and fleet management, collaborating with firmware, networking, and operations teams to build self‑service platforms that accelerate satellite operations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

OTA Update SystemsFleet Management PlatformsStaged Rollout StrategiesAutomated Release SafetyObservabilityAnomaly DetectionC#C++JavaPerlObject Oriented DesignDistributed SystemsEmbedded Software

Qualifications

3+ Years Professional Software Development Experience2+ Years Design or Architecture Experience1+ Years Software Development Engineer Experience1+ Years Large‑Scale Distributed Software Experience1+ Years Object Oriented Design ExperienceBachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Equivalent

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Developer Experience organization owns the entire path from commit to satellite. This is a unique opportunity to offer this scope to platform engineers.

We will build a unified platform that empower Leo engineers to see their code affect satellite operations within days not weeks, months or a quarter. We will build a self-service platform as the intelligence layer, to empower engineers with real-time root cause attribution and triaging in CT production, conversational analytics agents, automated narrative generation and potential bugs discovery capabilities.

CT OTA Rolling out team is looking for an SDE to drive the Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates to millions of Customer Terminals (CTs) across multiple hardware variants in the field. You'll own the systems that ensure every CT from factory-fresh to years-deployed can be safely, reliably, and rapidly updated at massive scale.

This is a high-impact role at the intersection of distributed systems, embedded software delivery, and fleet management. You'll work closely with firmware, satellite networking, and operations teams to automate the process and the infrastructure that keeps our constellation's ground segment current and healthy.

Export Control Requirement:

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

A successful engineer in this role is :

  • Have experience with OTA update systems, fleet management platforms, or large-scale device management (IoT, mobile, embedded, or similar)

  • Have experience with staged/progressive rollout strategies and automated release safety mechanisms

  • Have experience building observability and anomaly detection for device fleets

  • Highly analytical: You solve problems in ways that can be backed up with verifiable data. You focus on driving processes, tools, and statistical methods which support rational decision-making.

  • Technically fearless: You aren't satisfied by performing 'as expected' and push the limits past conventional boundaries. Your dial goes to '11'.

  • You’re ambitious, yet humble: You recognize that there’s always opportunity for improvement and use introspection and feedback from teammates and peers to raise the bar for your team.

  • Engaged by ambiguity: You're able to explore new problem spaces with unique constraints and thus non-obvious solutions; you’re quick to identify any gaps in the team and the right person to fill them to best deliver value to customers.

  • Invent and simplify: You will apply the first principal thinking into your work and find a simple solution to tackle the fundamental problem.

A day in the life

A Software Development Engineer works closely with Principal Engineer, Sr. Principal Engineer to deal with ambiguity and define technical strategy. The engineer will also work with the release teams to deeply understand the current workflow, use cases, pain points, inefficiency and come up with innovative simple solution.

Basic Qualifications

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

  • 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience

  • 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience

  • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience

  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, WA, Redmond - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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