Cloud Software Engineer for Satellite Constellations

Amazon Inc.; Redmond; On-site; AUD 204,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design, implement, and operate globally available distributed systems for the Leo program. You’ll build cloud native services in Java running on AWS and help simulate Leo devices such as satellites and ground gateways.

The role focuses on scalable, low-latency architecture, mentoring teammates, and shaping the tech roadmap. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to deliver high-quality internet service.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture of new and existing systems experience.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for designing and delivering modern, flexible, scalable solutions to complex optimization problems for operating and planning satellite constellations.
• Work with our peer teams and customers to design suitable software systems to fulfill the mission needs.
• Write code for production cloud native software systems in Java.
• Utilize AWS and other Amazon technologies to build high-available software services.
• Help on-board and mentor new team members.
• Lead technical roadmap definition efforts and decide what software services to build.
• Define and automate processes used for software development, implementation, testing, and maintenance
• Provide operational excellence and define/refine operational processes

Skills

Java

C++

C#

Perl

OO design

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Eng

Tools

AWS

Linux

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design, implement, and operate globally available distributed systems for the Leo program. You’ll build cloud native services in Java running on AWS and help simulate Leo devices such as satellites and ground gateways.

The role focuses on scalable, low-latency architecture, mentoring teammates, and shaping the tech roadmap. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to deliver high-quality internet service.