Senior Software Engineer, Optical Satellite Networking

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

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA is seeking a Software Engineer for the Optical Inter-Satellite Link team. You will design, implement, and optimize high‑speed networking software on embedded Linux, translating routes from a centralized SDN controller into forwarding‑table entries and building MAC learning and loop prevention for a robust satellite mesh.

You will collaborate with hardware, optics, systems, and operations engineers to deploy the networking stack that

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.
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Experience with a switch SDK and L2 networking protocols, including RSTP, BFD, MPLS, and ARP.
• Experience developing embedded and low-level networking software systems in C/C++ or Rust.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and enhance the switch-management software — from translating routes received from a centralized SDN controller into forwarding-table entries, to building MAC-learning and loop-prevention logic for a redundant switch topology — that enables deterministic, low-latency packet forwarding across the constellation
• Design and optimize the networking layers of flight software for optical inter-satellite link systems, spanning network device drivers and protocol implementations on embedded Linux
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams — including hardware, optics, systems, communications, and operations engineers — to integrate, test, and deploy high-speed optical communication systems and the networking stack that underpins space-based connectivity
• Build and extend operational tooling for network diagnostics and observability — including routing-table inspection, packet capture and analysis, structured logging, and metrics emission — that enables rapid fault isolation and performance trending across the satellite mesh

Skills

Software development

Mentor / tech lead

L2 networking protocols

C/C++ or Rust

Tools

Switch SDK

MPLS

RSTP/BFD/ARP

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA is seeking a Software Engineer for the Optical Inter-Satellite Link team. You will design, implement, and optimize high‑speed networking software on embedded Linux, translating routes from a centralized SDN controller into forwarding‑table entries and building MAC learning and loop prevention for a robust satellite mesh.

You will collaborate with hardware, optics, systems, and operations engineers to deploy the networking stack that