Software Dev Engineer, Leo AI Foundations

Amazon Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted
24 days ago
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Similar $171k
This role $169k
$138k most similar roles pay here $200k

This role pays more than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $155,450–$187,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $171k for comparable roles.

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Amazon Inc. is the world''s largest e-commerce and cloud computing company, operating the Amazon marketplace, AWS cloud platform, Prime subscription services, Alexa voice AI, and logistics infrastructure. Industry: E-Commerce & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Software Dev Engineer, Leo AI Foundations

Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo AI Foundations joins the team building the intelligent cloud backbone for a low Earth orbit satellite network. This role involves designing and operating globally distributed systems to enable real-time analytics, agentic AI capabilities, and low-latency query responses across satellites, ground gateways, and customer terminals. You will architect S3-based data lakehouses, OLAP-based analytics layers, and vector database infrastructures capable of managing billions of embeddings. Key responsibilities include implementing metadata management, automated data validation pipelines, hybrid search strategies, and federated query capabilities. The role requires proficiency in software programming languages and experience with distributed systems, data lakehouse architectures, and applied machine learning. You will solve complex problems regarding network performance and routing by building scalable cloud services and APIs that integrate seamlessly with software-defined space and ground systems to provide high-quality internet connectivity.

What you'll do

  • Architect and implement a scalable, cost-optimized S3-based Data Lakehouse for structured and unstructured data.
  • Build an OLAP-based analytics layer to achieve low single-digit-second query responses.
  • Design and manage a globally distributed vector database infrastructure for high-speed embedding retrieval.
  • Implement hybrid search strategies combining dense vectors with sparse representations for semantic retrieval.
  • Develop automated data quality frameworks including staging-first policies and validation pipelines.
  • Create semantic data models that balance analytical performance with AI retrieval requirements.
  • Build cloud services and APIs to orchestrate agentic AI capabilities across satellite and ground systems.
  • Establish automated compliance validation frameworks to ensure data handling meets security standards.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or granted asylum/refugee status for export control compliance.
  • At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • At least 2 years of non-internship experience in system design and architecture.
  • Proficiency in at least one software programming language.
  • Preferred: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
  • Preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience including coding standards, testing, and operations.

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