Software Development Engineer, Software Defined Network Control Plane

Amazon Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Salary: $165,200–$223,600 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $170k

This role $194k

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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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As a Senior Software Development Engineer on Amazon LEO’s SDN Control Plane team in Sunnyvale, CA, you will design and implement the network control plane for a high-throughput telecom service using a constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Your daily responsibilities include developing routing and forwarding technologies, traffic engineering solutions, and highly-available software to manage the control plane on both physical and remote nodes. You will also ensure operational excellence by creating tools and refining processes that support the network’s global scale. The role requires expertise in C and Rust programming languages, as well as a deep understanding of SDN technologies and routing protocols. This challenging position demands innovative solutions for complex networking problems at an unprecedented scale.

Skills

C Rust SDN Routing Forwarding Traffic Engineering Kubernetes Docker CI/CD AWS PostgreSQL Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Design and implement routing and forwarding technologies for global network services.
Develop highly available software to operate the control plane on remote nodes.
Ensure operational excellence by creating tools and refining processes for control plane services.
Implement traffic engineering solutions to optimize network performance and reliability.
Write routing control plane software in C and Rust for network node functionality.

What we're looking for

Experience in implementing routing and forwarding technologies.
Proficiency in developing highly-available software for control plane operations.
Expertise in SDN technologies and traffic engineering.
Strong background in C and Rust programming languages.
Ability to provide operational excellence and define processes.
U.S. citizenship or nationality required due to export control restrictions.

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