Senior Software Dev Engineer, Leo AI Foundations

Amazon Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $168,100–$227,400 / yr
Posted: 123 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Software Dev Engineer, Leo AI Foundations

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The Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Leo AI Foundations joins the team to design, implement, and operate globally distributed systems for Amazon Leo, a low Earth orbit satellite network. This role focuses on building a scalable, cost-optimized S3-based Data Lakehouse and an OLAP-based analytics layer to support agentic AI capabilities and near real-time query responses. Key responsibilities include establishing metadata management, designing semantic data models, and architecting a globally distributed vector database capable of managing billions of embeddings with sub-100ms retrieval times. You will develop cloud services and APIs to orchestrate software simulations on satellites and ground gateways. Required skills include five years of professional software development, experience with design patterns, reliability, and scaling, and proficiency in at least one programming language to solve complex data ingestion and retrieval problems.

Skills

AWS S3 Data Lakehouse OLAP Vector Database Distributed Systems APIs Source Control Management Metadata Management Hybrid Search Data Quality Frameworks

What you'll do

Architect and implement a scalable, cost-optimized S3-based Data Lakehouse for structured and unstructured data.
Build a cost-performance-optimized OLAP-based analytics layer to support near real-time queries.
Design and implement a globally distributed vector database for managing billions of embeddings with sub-100ms retrieval.
Develop hybrid search strategies combining dense and sparse representations for optimal semantic retrieval.
Establish metadata management with automated data classification, lineage tracking, and standardized ingestion patterns.
Design semantic data models and metrics schemas that support complex analytical queries and AI retrieval.
Implement robust data quality frameworks with staging-first policies and automated validation pipelines.
Build cloud services and APIs to orchestrate software simulations on satellites, ground gateways, and customer terminals.

What we're looking for

Must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, refugee, or granted asylum.
5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
5+ years of full software development life cycle experience (preferred).
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
Export control laws and regulations, candidates.

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