Software Development Engineer, Leo AI Foundations

Amazon Inc

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On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
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$143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted
124 days ago
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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, Leo AI Foundations

The Software Development Engineer, Leo AI Foundations joins the team responsible for the Leo low Earth orbit satellite network. This role involves designing, implementing, and operating globally distributed systems to achieve low single-digit-second query responses within a near real-time analytics layer or lakehouse. You will build agentic AI systems to monitor, diagnose, and optimize the health of satellites, ground gateways, and customer terminals. Key responsibilities include developing multi-agent AI systems, reinforcement learning-based agents, and RAG systems using AWS technologies. You will also build S3-based Data Lakehouses, OLAP-based analytics, and distributed vector database infrastructure. Required skills include experience with C#, C++, Java, or Perl, Object Oriented Design, and designing large-scale, multi-threaded, or distributed software applications to solve complex operational intelligence problems across the satellite constellation.

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What you'll do

  • Design and implement multi-agent AI systems to analyze telemetry and detect anomalies across the satellite constellation.
  • Build agentic workflows to autonomously triage system issues and generate actionable insights for operations teams.
  • Develop reinforcement learning-based agents to optimize system performance based on network demand and operational constraints.
  • Build natural language interfaces and RAG systems combining real-time telemetry with historical documentation.
  • Design and implement a scalable S3-based Data Lakehouse with automated data classification and lineage tracking.
  • Implement scalable OLAP-based analytics components to achieve low single-digit-second query responses.
  • Deploy globally distributed vector database infrastructure with sub-100ms retrieval times for operational metrics.
  • Create cloud services and APIs to orchestrate software simulations on satellites, ground gateways, and customer terminals.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
  • 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
  • 1+ years of experience developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
  • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
  • Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates.

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