Software Dev Engineer II

Amazon Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $165k
This role $169k
$138k most similar roles pay here $200k

This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $152,000–$177,900 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $165k for comparable roles.

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About Amazon Inc

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

Amazon Inc currently has 457 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Software Dev Engineer II

Software Dev Engineer II, Amazon Leo joins the Developer Experience organization to build a unified platform for satellite operations and infrastructure. This role focuses on the CT OTA Rolling out team, where you will drive Over-The-Air software updates to millions of Customer Terminals across various hardware variants. You will develop systems ensuring safe, reliable, and rapid updates at scale while building self-service platforms featuring real-time root cause attribution, conversational analytics agents, and automated narrative generation. The work involves solving complex problems in distributed systems, embedded software delivery, and fleet management to maintain the ground segment of a low Earth orbit satellite network. Required skills include experience with OTA update systems, staged rollout strategies, and observability for device fleets. Technical requirements include proficiency in C#, C++, Java, or Perl, alongside expertise in object-oriented design and multi-threaded distributed systems.

What you'll do

  • Manage Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates for millions of Customer Terminals across multiple hardware variants.
  • Build and maintain systems to ensure safe, reliable, and rapid firmware updates at massive scale.
  • Develop a self-service platform providing real-time root cause attribution and triaging in production.
  • Implement automated narrative generation and conversational analytics agents for system monitoring.
  • Design observability and anomaly detection systems for large-scale device fleets.
  • Create staged and progressive rollout strategies with automated release safety mechanisms.
  • Automate the infrastructure required to keep the satellite ground segment current and healthy.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or granted asylum/refugee status for export control compliance.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in design or architecture of new and existing systems including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
  • 1+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
  • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations (preferred).

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