Software Development Engineer, Software Defined Network Controller

Amazon Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted: 78 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $174k

This role $169k

$138k most similar roles pay here $200k

This role pays more than 51% 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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About Amazon Inc

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

Amazon Inc currently has 457 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Software Development Engineer, Software Defined Network Controller

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As a Software Development Engineer, Software Defined Network Controller, Amazon LEO, you will join the SDN controller team to build the brain driving the Leo Network. You will be responsible for designing and delivering a modern, scalable, and high-throughput network architecture while implementing RF beam and optical link planning. Your daily work involves developing highly-available software to drive networking control plane operations on both physical and virtual nodes, alongside automating processes for development, testing, and maintenance. To succeed in this role, you must possess expertise in Object Oriented Design and experience developing large-scale, multi-threaded, or distributed systems using C#, C++, Java, or Perl. The core of your work involves solving complex multidimensional resource allocation problems to provide a high-throughput telecom service across a network of Low Earth Orbit satellites, customer terminals, gateways, and terrestrial infrastructure.

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Skills

SDN C# C++ Java Perl Object Oriented Design Cloud Services Network Architecture Source Control Management Software Development Life Cycle

What you'll do

Design and deliver a scalable, high-throughput, and low-latency network architecture.
Implement RF beam and optical link planning to provide broadband network services.
Develop highly-available software to drive networking control plane operations on physical and virtual nodes.
Define and automate processes for software development, testing, and maintenance.
Provide operational excellence by creating tools and refining processes for control plane services.
Fine-tune the network 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.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
3+ years of design or architecture experience focusing on patterns, reliability, and scaling.
3+ years of experience developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed systems.
3+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
Experience programming with at least one software language such as C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
3+ years of full software development life cycle experience including coding standards, code reviews, and source control.

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