Software Development Engineer, Leo

Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

The Deployment And Release Engineering (DARE) team is responsible for release engineering and deployment service. We are looking for an engineer with experience in system design of backend services along with knowledge of AWS cloud services infrastructure such as IAM Lambdas Cloud Watch API gateways etc. Proficiency in at least one of TypeScript/Python/Rust is an added advantage.
You will participate in all phases of software development from requirements through implementation and deployment to operations. You will disambiguate high level problem statements & unknowns to design flexible solutions. You will participate in integration and improvement of wide range of software using AWS stack. You will partner with low level embedded software systems and design scalable solutions for software distribution and deployment for satellites.

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.

- 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

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Redmond - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually