Software Development Engineer, Leo Autopilot

Amazon Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted: 24 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $183k

This role $169k

$136k most similar roles pay here $212k

This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $169,050–$197,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $183k 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, Leo Autopilot

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As a Software Development Engineer, Leo Autopilot, you will join the Autopilot team to develop software supporting the automated planning and execution of satellite activities. You will work with peer teams and customers to design suitable software systems, define technical roadmaps, and mentor new team members. Your daily responsibilities include building low-latency, highly-scalable architecture to automate key behaviors for space and ground assets while ensuring vehicle health and safety. You will develop cloud-native software services using Java and Python while leveraging AWS and other Amazon technologies to meet mission requirements. The role focuses on the technical challenge of modeling spacecraft behaviors, predicting future vehicle states, capturing operational constraints, and generating mission schedules for a low Earth orbit satellite constellation. This position requires expertise in design patterns, reliability, scaling, and full software development life cycle processes.

What does a Software Development Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $169050 from 91 postings across 7 companies.

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Skills

Java Python AWS Cloud Native Design Patterns Source Control Management

What you'll do

Develop cloud-native software systems using Java and Python.
Build highly-available software services utilizing AWS and other Amazon technologies.
Design and develop performant software systems that meet specific mission criteria.
Create low-latency, highly-scalable architecture to generate and execute mission plans for space and ground assets.
Develop software to model spacecraft behaviors, predict vehicle states, and capture operational constraints.
Generate automated mission schedules while ensuring vehicle health and safety.
Lead technical roadmap definition efforts and determine which features or performance improvements to build.
Mentor new team members and assist with the onboarding process.

What we're looking for

Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience regarding design 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).
Export Control Requirement.

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