Space Systems Software Engineer - APIs & Government

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Leo is a cutting-edge program to connect a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites with U.S. government customers, delivering low-latency broadband services.

This role designs, builds, and maintains APIs and interfaces to link Leo capabilities to agencies like NASA and DoD, coordinating with external systems at scale. You will craft forward-looking software services for mission-critical space safety and sustainability applications, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to meet

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Utilize network topology understanding and Software Defined Networking / network operations experience to interface with the Leo network team to develop APIs and other enabling interface software to meet unique customer needs.
• Demonstrate the capabilities of the interfaces and architectures you define in a simulated test environment you help develop.
• Solve complex technical problems related to the use of the Leo constellation for government customers as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Contribute to internal and vendor teams to develop and deliver on software and interface requirements.
• Ensure systems meet Leo and US Government performance needs including availability, reliability, upgradeability, interoperability, and security requirements.
• Effectively communicate project health, risks and issues to stakeholders and management teams.
• Escalate urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner.
• Provide visualizations, document results, and communicate them across multi-disciplinary project teams.

Skills

C++

C#

Java

Perl

OO Design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Amazon Leo is a cutting-edge program to connect a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites with U.S. government customers, delivering low-latency broadband services.

This role designs, builds, and maintains APIs and interfaces to link Leo capabilities to agencies like NASA and DoD, coordinating with external systems at scale. You will craft forward-looking software services for mission-critical space safety and sustainability applications, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to meet