SDE- Kuiper Network Services

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide lowlatency highspeed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. In this role as a Software Development Engineer(SDE) you will be part of the core technical team building the ground based traffic processing pipelines for connecting Kuipers satellite network to the external world. This opportunity will afford you an exciting SDE role in Project Kuiper that would enable you to architect and build software from the ground up and drive the engineering culture of the team.

Key job responsibilities
* You will develop code build CI/CD pipelines test automation and dashboards for monitoring health of systems and data pipelines.
* You will work with multiple cross functional teams to gather requirements design develop deploy and operate the infrastructure you build
* You will develop and mentor junior and new team members.
* You will engineer and build a cloud service that is reliable and available to provide connectivity for our customers
* You will work on features that enhance the quality of service and security for our customers.
* You will collaborate and work on initiatives across multiple teams to build networking functions on AWS cloud infrastructure and set best practices for software development processes.

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.

A day in the life

SDEs at Project Kuiper work on designing networking features with various stakeholders implementing and testing them on prototype/production environments and delivering solutions with the highest quality. We write code debug and create the worlds most innovative products. We also operate our own service fleets and handle our customer issues to provide the best experience for our customers.

3 years of noninternship professional software development experience
2 years of noninternship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Experience in developing distributed software systems in C/C Rust Golang or Python on Linux
Experience with building largescale highperformance systems in a complex multitiered distributed environment
Foundation in data structures and efficient algorithms

Experience in building distributed infrastructure services on AWS
Experience with DPDK virtualization and containers
Familiarity with wireless and mobile networking
Experience with network analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting and performance analysis skills
Extensive Linux system programming experience (e.g. sockets files shared memory) and understanding of Operating systems

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/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.