Software Development Engineer, Leo Autopilot

Build the software that operates a constellation of thousands of satellites delivering internet to Earth. Leo AutoPilot is the orchestration platform through which every satellite command lifecycle decision and fault recovery flows and it is scaling 10x.
As a Software Development Engineer on the AutoPilot team you will design and build the distributed safety-critical infrastructure that keeps the Kuiper constellation healthy and serving customers. The problems are hard the stakes are real and the feedback loop is measured in satellite uptime and customer 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.

Key job responsibilities
- Design build and operate distributed platform services that run 24/7 supporting a global satellite constellation
- Own features end-to-end from requirements and design doc through implementation testing deployment and operational health
- Participate in on-call rotation for mission-critical production systems; respond to and resolve operational issues with urgency and rigor
- Collaborate with flight directors and network operations teams to deliver solutions that work at the interface of software and hardware
- Author and review technical design documents and contribute meaningfully to architecture decisions

A day in the life
Your morning might start with code reviews on open pull requests followed by a design discussion with a satellite software engineer who needs a new capability built into the the afternoon you are deep in an implementation building an API working through a distributed systems problem or writing tests for a service that cannot afford to fail. You collaborate regularly with flight directors and operations teams to translate real-world operational needs into platform requirements then own the design and delivery end-to-end. On weeks when you carry the on-call pager you are the first responder for production issues diagnosing mitigating and following up with improvements so the same issue does not recur. The platform grows with every new satellite added to the constellation and so does the scope of what you build.

About the team
We build the orchestration platform through which every team interacts with the Kuiper satellite constellation making satellite operations safe automated and eventually autonomous. Our customers are the engineers and operators who depend on our systems around the clock to keep the constellation healthy and serving customers. We work closely with satellite software engineers flight directors and networking teams so our design conversations are grounded in real operational constraints. The platform is still being built there is meaningful foundational work ahead in scheduling constraint enforcement and fault recovery. Engineers who join now will shape how it evolves for the life of the constellation.

- 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