Software Development Engineer - Systems Performance, Leo Ground Software & Analytics

Amazon Leo • Redmond, WA

12h

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 connectivity to unserved and under-served communities around the world. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer focused on Systems Performance to help us scale this this service globally. 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 Software & Analytics team is responsible for: - Design, development, deployment, and support of a tier-1 Monitoring and Remediation System (MARS) needed to maintain high availability of hundreds of ground terminals deployed around the world. - Ground systems integration/test (I&T) automation - Ground terminal configuration, provisioning, and acceptance automation - Systems analyses - Algorithm development (pointing/tracking/calibration/monitoring) - Software interface definition for supplier-provided hardware and development of software test automation

Requirements

• 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
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with distributed systems including a mix of hardware/software troubleshooting
• Experience defining, building, and monitoring data pipelines/platforms on AWS
• Experience with signal processing/data analysis/data visualization in Python/Spark
• Experience with statistical estimation, supervised learning methodologies, and anomaly detection

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy state-of-the-art antenna calibration algorithms - and then efficiently optimize their performance
• Develop system-level simulations (and supporting scaled infrastructure on AWS) to enable high-velocity decision making on wide-ranging technical challenges
• Work with applied scientists/engineers on our team to define, test, and implement machine-learned anomaly detection tools, predictive maintenance workflows, and automated remediation applications need to support our Monitoring and Remediation System (MARS).
• Own the full software development lifecycle - including design, testing, deployment, mission integration, and operational support - for applications you build.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees