Sr. Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo for Government

Amazon • Los Angeles, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit
satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to
unserved and underserved communities around the world.

This role is responsible for designing, building out, and maintaining critical
APIs and interfaces to link Leo capabilities to US Government customers such as
NASA, DoD, and other National Security customers. You will develop
forward-looking software services for mission critical space safety and
sustainability applications which will automatically coordinate with external
systems and organizations rapidly, reliably, and at scale.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and
candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government security
clearance of TS/SCI.

The Leo for Government team is a multi-disciplinary technology team involved in
developing and delivering targeted and scalable solutions for custom satellite
and ground applications, including United States and allied government
customers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

Responsibilities

• Utilize network topology understanding and Software Defined Networking / network operations experience to interface with the Leo network team to develop APIs and other enabling interface software to meet unique customer needs
• Demonstrate the capabilities of the interfaces and architectures you define in a simulated test environment you help develop
• Solve complex technical problems related to the use of the Leo constellation for government customers as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Lead internal and vendor teams to develop and deliver on software and interface requirements
• Ensure systems meet Leo and US Government performance needs including availability, reliability, upgradeability, interoperability, and security requirements
• Effectively communicate project health, risks and issues to stakeholders and management teams
• Escalate urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner
• Provide visualizations, document results, and communicate them across multi-disciplinary project teams.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level