Sr. Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo for Government

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain foundational software for government customers.
• Develop software services that coordinate reliably and at scale with external systems and organizations.
• Use network-layer packet processing and software-defined networking to build high-data-rate packet processing and interface software.
• Demonstrate interfaces and architectures in a simulated test environment.
• Solve complex technical problems related to Amazon Leo constellation use with a multidisciplinary team.
• Lead internal and vendor teams in delivering software and interface requirements.
• Ensure performance, availability, reliability, upgradeability, interoperability, and security requirements are met.
• Communicate project health, risks, and issues; escalate urgent issues and drive them to closure.
• Provide visualizations, document results, and communicate them across project teams.

Basic qualifications

• At least 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• At least 5 years of programming experience in at least one programming language.
• At least 5 years leading the design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.

Preferred qualifications

• At least 5 years of full software development lifecycle experience, covering coding standards, code reviews, source control, builds, testing, and operations, is preferred.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent is preferred.

Workplace and eligibility

• Onsite work is required five days a week; Sunnyvale is preferred, and U.S. relocation benefits are available.
• The selected candidate must be a U.S. citizen to meet government-imposed requirements.

Compensation

• Structured salary information lists annual ranges by location: USD 168,100–227,400 in Northridge and Redmond, and USD 193,300–261,500 in Sunnyvale.
• The compensation package may include sign-on payments and restricted stock units; final compensation depends on experience, qualifications, and location.

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