Senior Software Development Engineer, Kuiper Network Services

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Software Development Engineer in a groundbreaking project aimed at revolutionizing broadband connectivity worldwide. In this pivotal role, you will lead a dynamic team in designing and implementing innovative network solutions on cloud infrastructure. Your expertise will shape the engineering culture while mentoring junior developers. This opportunity offers a chance to work on cutting-edge technology that connects communities and enhances lives. If you're passionate about software development and eager to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Benefits

Equity Options

Sign-on Bonuses

Flexible Work Hours

Comprehensive Insurance Plans

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software development with leadership experience.
• Proficient in programming and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to design, develop, and deploy network solutions.
• Lead initiatives to establish best practices in software development.

Skills

Software Development

Programming Languages

Design Patterns

Team Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Senior Software Development Engineer, Kuiper Network Services

Job ID: 2897646 | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of low earth orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband internet connectivity to un-served and under-served communities around the world. In this role as a Sr SDE, you will be part of the core technical team building the network infrastructure for satellite to ground based connectivity. This opportunity will afford you an exciting SDE leadership role in Project Kuiper that would enable you drive the engineering culture of the team.

Key Job Responsibilities

1. You will work with multiple cross functional teams to gather requirements, design, develop, deploy, and operate it across solution pipelines.
2. You will collaborate and lead initiatives across multiple teams to build networking functions on AWS cloud infrastructure and set best practices for software development processes.
3. You will lead teams, develop code, build CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and dashboards for monitoring health of systems and data pipelines.
4. You will develop and mentor junior and new team members.
5. You will engineer and build solutions which are required for provisioning, address management, packet inspection and dynamic traffic management for Internet service providers.

A Day in the Life

A SDE in Kuiper Network Services is responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying, and operating services that enable broadband networks systems worldwide. We write code, debug, and create the world’s most innovative products. We work in collaboration with other teams for designing and delivering scalable, flexible, low latency, and high throughput network functions. We develop flexible and cost-effective solutions in support of connecting and peering with public and private networks.

About the Team

Kuiper Network’s goal to connect users around the world, is a commitment to not just establish networks but to connect customers to services. These services enable customer terminals and applications the ability to interface with the larger world. Our services come into focus for each Kuiper subscriber at activation from address assignment and name resolution to secure and programmable network functions. The Network Services team walks backward from end-user’s perspective as we design and develop network functions that serve their unique asks.

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2. 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
3. 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
4. Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
2. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit this link. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.