Software Development Engineer , Leo Customer Terminals Applications & Networking Team

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 operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

The Leo Customer Terminal Application and Networking Team builds the on-device software that runs on the customers antenna and turns it into a fast reliable self-diagnosing internet gateway. As a Software Development Engineer II on this team you will design and build software that operates on customer terminals deployed in the field at large scale where there is no physical access and connectivity can be intermittent. You will work closely with hardware firmware networking and cloud teams to take features from design through testing and launch.

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
Improve the speed and reliability of the customers internet connection on the terminal.
- Build software that gives customers and support teams the tools to detect and resolve issues on their own reducing the need for on-site visits.
- Deliver device health and diagnostics data from the fleet reliably and efficiently so engineering has visibility into how terminals are performing in the field.
- Own features end to end design implementation testing code review deployment and validation on live hardware writing high-quality maintainable code.
- Debug complex issues that span hardware software and the cloud and raise the operational bar for software running on a rapidly growing production fleet.
- Collaborate with hardware firmware networking and cloud teams to deliver features that meet quality and performance bars for launch.

About the team
We build the software that lives on the customers terminal powering its connectivity performance and self-service diagnostics across a rapidly growing global fleet.

- 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 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
- Bachelors degree or above in computer science engineering mathematics or equivalent or Bachelors degree
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C Rust C Java or Python including object-oriented design
- 1 years of experience developing large-scale multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services

- 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
- 4 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Experience in embedded development in C/C or experience in embedded wireless systems
- Experience in operations of highly available and scalable internet systems with a large customer base

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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