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Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Ground Systems Engineering

Amazon • Redmond, Washington, United States


No Relocation

Posted: August 25, 2026

Description
  • Amazon 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 under-served communities around the
Description
  • Amazon 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 under-served communities around the world. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to help us build this service from the ground up. 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, develop, deploy, and support software that keeps a globally deployed fleet of ground terminals healthy and available. • Build and scale data pipelines and monitoring that enable condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and automated remediation. • Develop automation for the integration, test, calibration, and release of ground systems software. • Own the full software development lifecycle, including design, testing, deployment, mission integration, and operational support. A day in the life In this role as a Software Development Engineer, you will design, implement, optimize, and operate systems critical to the uptime and performance of Leo ground terminals. Your contributions will have a direct impact on customers around the world. About the team The Leo Ground Systems Engineering team is responsible for the development, deployment, and long-term performance optimization of the Leo satellite Gateway and Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C) terminals located around the world. These terminals include full-motion parabolic antennas, radio frequency spectrum monitoring, terminal monitoring and control, and fault management systems. These software-driven distributed systems form the communications backbone for the Leo constellation and must provide the world-class reliability, uptime, and performance our customers expect from Amazon.
Basic Qualifications
  • - 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
Preferred Qualifications