Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of low earth orbit satellites that will provide lowlatency highspeed broadband internet connectivity to unserved and underserved 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
The primary responsibility you will have in this role are:
You will work with multiple cross functional teams to gather requirements design develop deploy and operate it across solution pipelines.
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.
You will lead teams develop code build CI/CD pipelines test automation and dashboards for monitoring health of systems and data pipelines.
You will develop and mentor junior and new team members.
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 worlds 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 costeffective solutions in support of connecting and peering with public and private networks.
About the team
Kuiper Networks 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 endusers 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.
5 years of noninternship 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
Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
Bachelors 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 $151300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.