Systems Development Engineer, Leo, Nexus

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.

Our Team builds the infrastructure that powers Leo software development at scale. Were creating intelligent automation and resource management systems that eliminate friction for engineering teams working with lab hardwaresolving complex problems in resource orchestration state management and distributed systems to ensure hardware is always available properly configured and ready when teams need it. You will architect hardware and software platforms to enable standard and emergent satellite test scenarios provide the computing backbone that powers multiple different test venues and work to improve uptime and equipment health of these venues through health checks and automation. The end goal is a secure flexible lab available and in a healthy state when the various engineering teams need them.

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
Youll architect and develop the hardware and software platforms that enables hundreds of engineers to discover reserve and utilize lab resources without conflicts or downtime. This means solving complex problems in resource orchestration state management and distributed systemsensuring hardware is always available properly configured and ready when teams need it.

Your work directly accelerates Leos development velocity. By removing infrastructure bottlenecks and automating repetitive tasks you enable both lab engineers to focus on high-value hardware work and development teams to ship faster without fighting over resources and ensuring their test environments mimic the actual satellites.

A day in the life
Come work at Amazon! We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in space-based systems design. Come help us solve the difficult and rewarding development challenges in building highly reliable power efficient and low-cost satellite avionics!

- Experience in automating deploying and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python Ruby Golang Java C C# Rust
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- 3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

- Experience with distributed systems at scale

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $201200/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.