Senior Autonomous Satellite Software Engineer

Amazon Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a Sr. Software Development Engineer for the Leo Autopilot team to design and build cloud-native software for autonomous satellite operations.

This role uses Java and Python, leverages AWS, and shapes the architecture of a growing fleet to deliver reliable broadband worldwide. The position offers ownership of critical systems, mentorship of teammates, and close collaboration with operations and hardware teams as we expand our satellite

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• Work with our peer teams and customers to design suitable software systems to fulfill the mission needs.
• Develop cloud native software systems in Java and Python.
• Utilize AWS and other Amazon technologies to build highly-available software services.
• Design and develop performant software systems that meet the mission criteria and requirements.
• Help on-board and mentor new team members.
• Lead technical roadmap definition efforts and decide which features and performance improvements to build.

Skills

Software development

Leadership / mentoring

Java / Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Java

Python

AWS

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a Sr. Software Development Engineer for the Leo Autopilot team to design and build cloud-native software for autonomous satellite operations.

This role uses Java and Python, leverages AWS, and shapes the architecture of a growing fleet to deliver reliable broadband worldwide. The position offers ownership of critical systems, mentorship of teammates, and close collaboration with operations and hardware teams as we expand our satellite