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: 58 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Senior Software Dev Engineer, Leo AI Foundations

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Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Leo AI Foundations will join the team to design, implement, and operate globally distributed systems for a low Earth orbit satellite network. The role focuses on building a near real-time analytics layer or lakehouse to support agentic AI capabilities while ensuring low single-digit-second query responses. Key responsibilities include architecting an S3-based Data Lakehouse, developing OLAP-based analytics layers, and managing metadata with automated classification. You will build cloud services and APIs to orchestrate software simulations on satellites, ground gateways, and customer terminals. The work involves building a distributed vector database for billions of embeddings, implementing hybrid search strategies, and designing semantic data models. Required skills include extensive experience in software architecture, design patterns, reliability, scaling, and proficiency in at least one programming language to develop high-quality internet service infrastructure.

Skills

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

What you'll do

Architect and implement a scalable, cost-optimized S3-based Data Lakehouse to unify structured and unstructured data.
Build a high-performance OLAP-based analytics layer for real-time query responses.
Design and manage metadata systems with automated data classification and lineage tracking.
Implement robust data quality frameworks including staging-first policies and automated validation pipelines.
Develop semantic data models and hybrid search strategies to optimize both analytical performance and AI retrieval.
Architect a globally distributed vector database infrastructure for managing billions of embeddings with sub-100ms retrieval.
Build cloud services and APIs to orchestrate the simulation of software on satellite and ground hardware.

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 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience is required.
At least 5 years of programming experience in at least one software programming language is required.
At least 5 years of experience leading the design or architecture of new and existing systems.
Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team is required.
A Bachelor's degree in computer science or an equivalent qualification is preferred.
At least 5 years of full software development life cycle experience is preferred.

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