Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo for Government, Amazon Leo for Government

Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools hospitals businesses and government agencies Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Amazon Leo for Government (ALG) is developing secure high-performance satellite communications technologies that support U.S. National and International security and defense.

This role is responsible for designing building out and maintaining foundational software that extends Amazon Leo capabilities to U.S. Government customers such as NASA DoD other National Security customers and International Government customers. You will develop brand new software services for mission critical space safety and sustainability applications which will automatically coordinate with external systems and organizations rapidly reliably and at scale.

Youll work in a fast-paced high-impact environment tackling complex challenges in secure satellite communications. This role requires deep expertise in high-assurance fault-tolerant software and proficiency in modern programming languages such as Rust. Youll collaborate closely with hardware security systems and product teams to develop scalable real-time solutions tailored for government customers.

This role is based in Redmond WA with U.S. relocation benefits available. Due to the sensitive nature of the ALG projects onsite work is required five days a week.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.








Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities

In this role you will:
- Utilize network layer packet processing experience and Software Defined Networking to develop high data rate packet processing system and other enabling interface software to meet unique Government customer needs.
- Demonstrate the capabilities of the interfaces and architectures you define in a simulated test environment you help develop.
- Solve complex technical problems related to the use of the Amazon Leo constellation for Government customers as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Lead internal and vendor teams to develop and deliver on software and interface requirements.
- Ensure systems meet Amazon Leo and Government customer performance needs including availability reliability upgradeability interoperability and security requirements.
- Effectively communicate project health risks and issues to stakeholders and management teams.
- Escalate urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner.
- Provide visualizations document results and communicate them across multi-disciplinary project teams.

- 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
- 1 years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1 years of designing and developing large-scale multi-tiered multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services using: C# C Java or Perl experience
- 1 years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- 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

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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.