Sr. Systems Development Engineer - Ground Infrastructure, Project Kuiper
Sr. Systems Development Engineer - Ground Infrastructure, Project Kuiper
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10-07-2025
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Project Kuiper is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast reliable internet to customers and communities around the world and weve designed the system with the capacity flexibility and performance to serve a wide range of customers from individualhouseholds to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
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.
As a Sr. System Development Engineer you will build tools and processes for monitoring operating and scaling ground infrastructure to millions of users around the globe. Use and enhance the tools you and the team develop. Using metrics scalability in design and continuous improvement you will automate repetitive processes to eliminate outages and enable high availability of the ground infrastructure.
Key job responsibilities
- Continuously strive for operational excellence by seeking to automate away manual processes
- Ensure that all systems are designed to be robust scalable maintainable and adaptable as the service scales and evolves over time
- Build and maintain critical infrastructure tools and operating procedures to report on the health of ground infrastructure.
- Integrate with other existing systems such as trouble ticketing dashboards and metrics tools and services
- Measure and improve the performance and availability of the Kuiper Ground Infrastructure
- Provide critical operations support and incident response for the service while taking part in an on-call rotation
A day in the life
Mentoring Design Coding Operational Excellence:
Work with business partners leadership and other engineers influence and lead the design of systems. We need your ideas and your ability to take initiative innovate and produce results as we continuously improve the customer experience.
Day to day work will vary between automation or other scripting work operational excellence initiatives design meetings coordination with engineering teams and external partners and an on-call rotation.
About the team
The team is comprised of a leader and System Development Engineers in North America Europe and Australia. The overall mission is to ensure Kuiper Ground Infrastructure is always available to serve customers.
- 4 years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
- Knowledge of at least one modern programming language such as C C Java or Perl
- Practical experience in networking storage systems operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- Designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience writing technical documents project plans and progress reports to leadership and to stakeholders
- Curious to learn in depth about both technology and our customers
- A curious self-starter with a proven track record of diving into unknown territory learning new concepts and pushing your comfort zone.
- An effective multi-tasker who navigates a fast-paced deadline-driven environment with grace and efficiency.
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.
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.
As a Sr. System Development Engineer you will build tools and processes for monitoring operating and scaling ground infrastructure to millions of users around the globe. Use and enhance the tools you and the team develop. Using metrics scalability in design and continuous improvement you will automate repetitive processes to eliminate outages and enable high availability of the ground infrastructure.
Key job responsibilities
- Continuously strive for operational excellence by seeking to automate away manual processes
- Ensure that all systems are designed to be robust scalable maintainable and adaptable as the service scales and evolves over time
- Build and maintain critical infrastructure tools and operating procedures to report on the health of ground infrastructure.
- Integrate with other existing systems such as trouble ticketing dashboards and metrics tools and services
- Measure and improve the performance and availability of the Kuiper Ground Infrastructure
- Provide critical operations support and incident response for the service while taking part in an on-call rotation
A day in the life
Mentoring Design Coding Operational Excellence:
Work with business partners leadership and other engineers influence and lead the design of systems. We need your ideas and your ability to take initiative innovate and produce results as we continuously improve the customer experience.
Day to day work will vary between automation or other scripting work operational excellence initiatives design meetings coordination with engineering teams and external partners and an on-call rotation.
About the team
The team is comprised of a leader and System Development Engineers in North America Europe and Australia. The overall mission is to ensure Kuiper Ground Infrastructure is always available to serve customers.
- 4 years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
- Knowledge of at least one modern programming language such as C C Java or Perl
- Practical experience in networking storage systems operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- Designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience writing technical documents project plans and progress reports to leadership and to stakeholders
- Curious to learn in depth about both technology and our customers
- A curious self-starter with a proven track record of diving into unknown territory learning new concepts and pushing your comfort zone.
- An effective multi-tasker who navigates a fast-paced deadline-driven environment with grace and efficiency.
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.
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Senior IC
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