Software Development Engineer, Leo Autopilot

Amazon • Redmond, WA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

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.

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
• 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

• 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

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

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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