Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Networking Software

Amazon • Redmond, WA

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s 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, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. We are looking for SDE II engineer with experience in supporting mission-critical applications, who are excited about building solutions that enhance automation, stability, and release processes across multiple systems. You will work closely with engineering teams to identify and address common issues, drive solutions, and improve overall release quality and reliability. This role requires hands-on engagement, troubleshooting, and automation development. You will work within the ANCHOR team, managing release processes and automation to maintain a seamless and efficient pipeline. The team operates an on-call support rotation, and you will be responsible for maintaining release quality and pipeline health. Your work will directly impact Leo's ability to deliver high-quality, reliable releases efficiently. 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

• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 3+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 3+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 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

• Own the daily build, test, and release pipelines end to end
• Monitor pipeline health, stability, and performance
• Diagnose and resolve pipeline failures (build, test, infra, dependency issues)
• Reduce flaky tests and nondeterministic failures
• Improve pipeline speed, reliability, and signal-to-noise ratio
• Manage software build and release activities across environments
• Track releases, validate readiness, and enforce quality gates
• Support complex, multi-stage release processes
• Ensure releases meet quality, compliance, and reliability standards
• Partner with Dev, QA, and Ops during releases and hotfixes
• Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks (API, integration, system, end-to-end)
• Integrate automated tests seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure test coverage aligns with risk, not just code coverage
• Build tooling to improve test execution efficiency and observability
• Respond to pipeline, release, and production-impacting issues
• Participate in triage, on-call rotations, and incident resolution
• Debug high-complexity failures across code, infrastructure, and environments
• Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and preventative fixes
• Create automated solutions to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency
• Identify systemic issues and eliminate manual processes
• Introduce metrics, dashboards, and alerts for build/test/release health
• Champion best practices in testing, automation, and release management
• Influence architecture and design for testability and reliability
• Mentor junior engineers on automation and CI/CD practices
• Partner closely with DevOps, Platform, and Infrastructure teams
• Drive standards and long-term quality strategy

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
• Education Level: Associate degree