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: 46 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $169k

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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, 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, scalable, high-throughput, and low-latency network architecture while implementing workflows to orchestrate on-orbit payload activities. The engineer will develop highly-available software for networking control plane operations on physical and virtual nodes, automate development processes, and diagnose routing and forwarding issues across the control plane, data plane, and physical topology. Key tasks include integrating telemetry and link-state data into route computation systems and developing routing behavior for node movement or link failures. The role requires proficiency in at least one software programming language and experience with design patterns, reliability, and scaling to solve multi-dimensional resource allocation problems within a complex satellite constellation and terrestrial network infrastructure.

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Skills

SDN Network Architecture Control Plane Data Plane Telemetry Source Control Management Software Development Life Cycle Cloud Services

What you'll do

Design and deliver a scalable, high-throughput, and low-latency network architecture.
Implement workflows to orchestrate on-orbit payload activities.
Develop highly-available software for networking control plane operations on physical and virtual nodes.
Automate processes for software development, implementation, testing, and maintenance.
Diagnose routing and forwarding issues across the control plane, data plane, and physical topology.
Integrate telemetry, link-state, and network-condition data into route computation systems.
Develop routing behaviors for topology transitions, link changes, and node failures.

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 processes (preferred).

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