Software Development Engineer, Software Defined Network Control Plane

Amazon Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted: 36 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $170k

This role $169k

$138k most similar roles pay here $200k

This role pays more than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $152,000–$187,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $170k 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, Software Defined Network Control Plane

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Software Development Engineer , Software Defined Network Control Plane, Amazon LEO joins the SDN team to design, implement, and operate the network control plane for a low Earth orbit satellite constellation. This role involves building high-throughput, low-latency network architectures by implementing routing, forwarding, traffic engineering, and SDN technologies. The engineer will develop highly available software to drive networking control plane operations on physical and remote nodes while automating processes for development, testing, and maintenance. Day-to-day tasks include developing routing control plane software specifically using C and Rust. The work focuses on solving multi-dimensional routing problems at a global scale by integrating satellites, customer terminals, gateways, and cloud services into public and private networks. The role requires expertise in system design, reliability, scaling, and the full software development life cycle to ensure high-quality connectivity across space and terrestrial infrastructure.

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Skills

SDN Routing Forwarding Traffic Engineering C Rust Software Development Life Cycle Source Control Management Network Infrastructure

What you'll do

Design and deliver a scalable, high-throughput, low-latency network architecture.
Implement routing, forwarding, traffic engineering, and SDN technologies for broadband services.
Develop highly-available software to drive networking control plane operations on physical and remote nodes.
Write routing control plane software using C and Rust programming languages.
Define and automate processes for software development, testing, and maintenance.
Provide operational excellence by creating tools and refining processes for control plane services.

What we're looking for

Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or granted asylum/refugee status for export control compliance.
At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience is required.
At least 2 years of experience in design or architecture of systems including patterns, reliability, and scaling.
Experience programming with at least one software programming language is required.
Preferred: A Bachelor's degree in computer science or an equivalent qualification.
Preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience including coding standards, reviews, source control, and testing.
Ability to develop routing control plane software using C and Rust.
Experience implementing Routing and Forwarding, Traffic Engineering, and SDN technologies.

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