Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Ground Systems Engineering

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted: 12 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Ground Systems Engineering

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Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Ground Systems Engineering will join the Leo Ground Systems Engineering team to build software for a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites providing broadband connectivity. The role involves designing, developing, deploying, and supporting software to maintain a globally deployed fleet of ground terminals, including full-motion parabolic antennas and radio frequency spectrum monitoring. Key responsibilities include building scalable data pipelines for predictive maintenance, developing automation for software integration and calibration, and owning the full software development lifecycle. The candidate must possess professional software development experience, design patterns, and reliability scaling skills. Preferred technical skills include programming in at least one language, experience with distributed systems, hardware/software troubleshooting, and building data pipelines or services on AWS using Python, DynamoDB, record streaming, and data lakes.

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Skills

Python AWS DynamoDB Distributed Systems Data Pipelines Source Control Management Software Development Life Cycle Data Lakes Monitoring Automation Testing Build Processes

What you'll do

Design, develop, deploy, and support software to maintain a globally deployed fleet of ground terminals.
Build and scale data pipelines and monitoring systems for predictive maintenance and automated remediation.
Develop automation for the integration, test, calibration, and release of ground systems software.
Own the full software development lifecycle from initial design through mission integration and operational support.
Optimize systems critical to the uptime and performance of Leo satellite Gateway and TT&C terminals.
Troubleshoot hardware and software issues within distributed systems.
Implement and operate software-driven systems for radio frequency spectrum monitoring and fault management.

What we're looking for

Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, refugee, or granted asylum.
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
3+ years of full software development life cycle experience (preferred).
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
Experience with distributed systems and a mix of hardware/software troubleshooting (preferred).
Export control laws and regulations, candidates.

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