Software Development Engineer, Kuiper Network Services - Network Orchestration

Amazon Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
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This role $169k
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This role pays less than 59% of similar roles. Most pay $147,500–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $181k 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 Development Engineer, Kuiper Network Services - Network Orchestration

Software Development Engineer , Kuiper Network Services - Network Orchestration joins the core technical team building network infrastructure for satellite to ground based connectivity within the Amazon Leo initiative. As an SDE-II, you will collaborate with engineers to gather requirements and design, develop, deploy, and operate solution pipelines. Your daily responsibilities include developing code, building CI/CD pipelines, creating test automation, and designing dashboards to monitor system health and data pipelines. You will specifically build networking functions on AWS and Amazon Leo embedded infrastructure while engineering solutions for provisioning, address management, packet inspection, and dynamic traffic management for internet service providers. The role requires proficiency in at least one programming language, with preferred experience in systems languages like C, C++, or Rust, as well as developing applications for resource-constrained environments to support scalable, low-latency network functions.

What does a Software Development Engineer earn?

Median $169050 from 210 postings across 17 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and operate network infrastructure for satellite-to-ground connectivity.
  • Build networking functions on AWS and embedded infrastructure for the Amazon Leo project.
  • Develop code, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation to ensure system reliability.
  • Create dashboards to monitor the health of systems and data pipelines.
  • Engineer solutions for provisioning, address management, packet inspection, and dynamic traffic management.
  • Build scalable, low-latency, and high-throughput network functions for internet service providers.
  • Develop cost-effective solutions for connecting and peering with public and private networks.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or granted asylum/refugee status for export control compliance.
  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience focusing on patterns, reliability, and scaling.
  • 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 systems languages such as C, C++, or Rust (preferred).
  • Experience with embedded devices and resource-constrained environments (preferred).

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