Sr. Manager Software Development, Project Kuiper

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 individual households to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

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Key job responsibilities
Lead the software team to build and deploy the Kuiper Point of Presence software to deliver broadband internet service
Work with the product and business teams to define requirements drive roadmap to leverage Amazons AWS network resources connect consumer and enterprise users to the public/private networks
10 years of experience leading large embedded wireless networking teams with deep technical understanding of end-end wireless networks
Wireless space experience is desirable
Work with peer teams and customers to design suitable software systems and interfaces with underlying hardware to fulfill the Kuiper networking goals.
Develop a strategic plan for the growth of the team both from a software and integrated mission outcomes perspective.
Hire & Develop a diverse team of software engineers and managers.
Aid in the design of mission critical systems in Project Kuiper.
Collaborate with your fellow team members to integrate various system elements both hardware and software.

A day in the life
This role is for a senior leader in the Kuiper Payload Software organization responsible for driving the research & development deployment and operation of the Kuiper Point of Presence software. You will own the roadmap and mission for Software and work with your customers to refine requirements understand constraints hire & grow your team and iteratively deliver value to our customers.

About the team
Within Project Kuiper the Point of Presence team is responsible for connecting end users to the internet. The team works closely with the ground networking and AWS teams to design the network architecture and with the payload and network software teams to deliver end to end service.

- 10 years of engineering experience
- 5 years of engineering team management experience
- 10 years of planning designing developing and delivering consumer software experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs projects and development teams in an Agile environment

- Experience partnering with product and program management teams
- Experience designing and developing large scale high-traffic applications
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $198100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $342300/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.