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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
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As a Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo, you will join the Developer Experience team to build a unified platform that empowers engineers to manage and deploy software for a low Earth orbit satellite network. You will be responsible for developer experience across the entire Leo, CICD, and production services, focusing on building self-serve platforms, automation tools, and systems that ensure high-quality code is shipped to space and ground rapidly and securely. The role involves identifying common issues, improving release quality, and enhancing operational excellence through data-driven solutions. You will work with various engineering levels to solve problems in a green field. Required technical skills include experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl. This role addresses the challenge of providing reliable internet connectivity through satellite infrastructure.
What does a Software Development Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $169050 from 111 postings across 5 companies.
Build a unified platform to empower engineers to deploy code to satellite operations rapidly and at scale.
Develop self-service tools and automation to improve the developer experience across CI/CD and production services.
Create systems that provide end-to-end traceability for release evaluation across performance, security, and acceptance dimensions.
Design and develop large-scale, multi-tiered, and distributed software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
Identify and resolve common issues to improve overall release quality, reliability, and operational excellence.
Build tools that enable the rapid and secure shipment of high-quality software to both space and ground systems.
Develop data-driven solutions and processes to support rational decision-making in a greenfield environment.
What we're looking for
Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum for export control compliance.
3+ years of experience in design or architecture of new and existing systems including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
3+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
3+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
5+ years of full software development life cycle experience including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations (preferred).
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).