Senior Network Systems Architect, Satellite Cloud

Amazon.com Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Leo, a senior software development engineer role, focuses on building data-plane and control-plane networking systems for a satellite constellation. You will guide architecture, lead multi-engineer projects, and collaborate across satellite network, ground station, and customer-facing teams to deliver scalable connectivity.

You will also design CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and dashboards, while mentoring engineers to raise quality as the project moves toward worldwide service.

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

• Own the architectural direction of the networking data-plane and control-plane systems, defining scalability, performance, and security tradeoffs.
• Lead multi-engineer projects to build networking functions on cloud infrastructure, establishing development, testing, and deployment best practices.
• Collaborate with satellite network, ground station, and customer-facing teams to gather requirements and interfaces.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and operational dashboards.
• Coach and mentor engineers through design reviews and code reviews.

Skills

5+ years professional software

5+ years programming

5+ years architecture design

Mentor/tech lead

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Leo, a senior software development engineer role, focuses on building data-plane and control-plane networking systems for a satellite constellation. You will guide architecture, lead multi-engineer projects, and collaborate across satellite network, ground station, and customer-facing teams to deliver scalable connectivity.

You will also design CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and dashboards, while mentoring engineers to raise quality as the project moves toward worldwide service.