Senior Space Network Software Architect

Amazon; Redmond (WA); 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 Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and deliver mission-critical tools for space network operations. You will lead a team to build scalable, distributed back-end services and intuitive visualizations for operators.

You will design AI/ML solutions using AWS, mentor engineers, and translate ambitious roadmaps into actionable milestones while ensuring reliability and high ownership in a fast-paced, space-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 6+ years leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• 6+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: Java, JavaScript, TS, Python, React, Angular, etc.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, Lambda, Kafka, DynamoDB and event-driven systems etc.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end automation initiatives as a team leader, developing sophisticated tools and services that address complex network operations, debugging, and troubleshooting challenges while guiding team efforts and priorities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze network architecture, stakeholder requirements, and customer needs; architect and implement software solutions that deliver measurable business value.
• Design and implement AI/ML solutions utilizing AWS services to enhance space network operations and problem resolution.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship as a team leader to software/network engineers through effective task delegation, project management, and onboarding programs to optimize team productivity and development cycles.

Skills

Leadership experience

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Programming languages

Cloud experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

React

Angular

Kafka

DynamoDB

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in Redmond, WA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and deliver mission-critical tools for space network operations. You will lead a team to build scalable, distributed back-end services and intuitive visualizations for operators.

You will design AI/ML solutions using AWS, mentor engineers, and translate ambitious roadmaps into actionable milestones while ensuring reliability and high ownership in a fast-paced, space-focused environment.