Senior Software Engineer, Project Leo Customer Terminals

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an experienced software engineer to develop embedded software for the Leo Customer Terminal platform in Austin, TX. You will design, implement and test software across the full SDLC, collaborating with hardware, software, and operations teams to deliver reliable customer terminals.

Required 7+ years in software development with C/C++, Rust, and embedded Linux. The role emphasizes system-level programming, design leadership, and scalable architectures within a security-conscious

Qualifications

• 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Experience with embedded Linux environments and hardware interaction.
• Proficiency in system-level languages such as C/C++ and Rust.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test embedded software for Leo Customer Terminals.
• Contribute to all phases of the SDLC: requirements, design, coding, test, deployment, operations.
• Design state machines and participate in production deployments and debugging.
• Write design specifications and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Embedded Linux

Rust

C++

C

Go

CI/CD

System-level programming

Education

Master's degree in computer science

Job description

Project Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

In this role, you will develop software for the Leo Customer Terminal embedded systems engineering team. You will be responsible for the design, implementation, deployment and operations of the functions for Leo Customer Terminals.

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.

Key job responsibilities

• Development and testing with embedded Linux
• Develop embedded software functions for Customer Terminal devices within the Project Leo system
• Developing embedded software utilizing Rust, C++, C
• Participate in all phases of SDLC: requirements, design, coding, test, deployment and production system
• Development of software in a secure compute environment
• State machine design and analysis
• Support Customer Terminal deployments operations and debugging on production systems
• Technical writing of design specifications

A day in the life

As part of our software engineering team, you will design, implement and debug software used to test and debug embedded software for Leo Customer Terminal platforms in R&D and commercial operation. You will work in a collaborative environment with teams in Leo Customer Terminal hardware development, software development and operations. You need to be flexible and responsive to fast changing priorities and issues. You will work on Customer Terminal issues on production system platforms.

About the team

The Leo Customer Terminal Software Team develops and supports the devices that connect Leo subscribers to the Leo network. We provide software for the Leo Customer Terminal platform, applications and underlying Linux system. We work hand in hand with hardware engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver commercial grade services for our Leo subscribers.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 7+ 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Master's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Proficiency in languages suitable for system-level programming (C++, Rust, Go)
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline setup and management
• Experience with automated testing and continuous integration

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TX, Austin - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually