Software Development Engineer, Kuiper Network Services

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the this role as a 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.

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.

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.

A day in the life
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.

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.

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.

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 end-users perspective as we design and develop network functions that serve their unique asks.

- 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 experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 3 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
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence

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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 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.