Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo Mission Operations

Amazon • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

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

As a Software Development Engineer you will own the development, implementation, and test of operational tooling built to execute the Leo mission. You will work with engineering teams across ground and space systems, to understand how the system functions and deliver an integrated solution to prepare for and execute the mission. Because of the scale of the mission, you will be focused on tooling that supports and enables the Mission Operations team — identifying areas of improvement and initiating changes to improve the productivity of the fleet.

You will prepare for each launch and on-orbit demonstration, design and conduct operational tests, and drive automation efforts with scalability in mind, ensuring that the constellation functions at peak performance with limited manual intervention. You work alongside flight directors and Leo's software teams to design and implement operational improvements and tooling, develop and perform analysis on system data, and identify areas and mechanisms for further improvement. You will build high-visibility interfaces and analytics tools that transform system data into actionable insights for business and engineering teams. You'll automate time-intensive, repetitive tasks and fuse data from multiple sources to create organized, usable repositories that enable self-service access across teams.

The ideal candidate will be detail oriented, have strong organizational skills, able to work independently, juggle multiple tasks at once, and maintain professionalism under pressure. You should have deep knowledge software engineering practices, understand how software and hardware systems interact, and can drive design and implementation of operational execution of objectives in complex systems. Familiarity with space systems is desired.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience in one or more relevant front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, etc.
• Knowledge of data structures, data modeling, and database schema
• Knowledge of distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases
• Full-stack development experience.
• Experience applying UI/UX best practices to create intuitive user interfaces for reporting and analysis tools.
• Demonstrated leadership in end-to-end system design and delivery with engineering teams.
• Self-starter with a passion for the mission and strong communication skills across business and technical disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Own the development, implementation, and test of operational tooling built to execute the Leo mission.
• Work with engineering teams across ground and space systems, to understand how the system functions and deliver an integrated solution to prepare for and execute the mission.
• Identifying areas of improvement and initiating changes to improve the productivity of the fleet.
• Prepare for each launch and on-orbit demonstration, design and conduct operational tests, and drive automation efforts with scalability in mind, ensuring that the constellation functions at peak performance with limited manual intervention.
• Work alongside flight directors and Leo's software teams to design and implement operational improvements and tooling
• Develop and perform analysis on system data, and identify areas and mechanisms for further improvement.
• Build high-visibility interfaces and analytics tools that transform system data into actionable insights for business and engineering teams.
• Automate time-intensive, repetitive tasks and fuse data from multiple sources to create organized, usable repositories that enable self-service access across teams.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level