Software Development Engineer, SDN Controller

Amazon Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted: 26 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $169k

$138k most similar roles pay here $200k

This role pays more than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $160,000–$187,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $174k 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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Software Development Engineer (SDE), SDN Controller, Amazon LEO joins the Software Defined Network controller team to build the brain driving the LEO Network. This role involves designing and delivering a modern, flexible, scalable, high throughput, and low latency network architecture while implementing highly available satellite topology management. The engineer will develop software to drive networking control plane operations on physical and virtual nodes, while defining and automating processes for development, testing, and maintenance. Candidates must possess professional experience in software development, system design, and architecture focusing on reliability and scaling. The role requires proficiency in at least one programming language and knowledge of full software development life cycle practices. The work focuses on the technical challenge of managing a dynamic network at global scale, specifically solving multi-dimensional resource allocation problems for a satellite constellation and terrestrial infrastructure.

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Skills

SDN Network Architecture Control Plane Software Development Life Cycle Source Control Management Continuous Deployment Testing Automation Cloud Services

What you'll do

Design and deliver a scalable, high-throughput, and low-latency network architecture.
Implement highly available satellite topology management systems.
Develop software to drive networking control plane operations on physical and virtual nodes.
Define and automate processes for software development, testing, and maintenance.
Ensure operational excellence for control plane services through tool creation and process refinement.
Fine-tune network performance by interacting with ground control, customer engagement, and monitoring systems.

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).
Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices and SDLC tools (preferred).

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