Senior Software Dev Engineer, Software Defined Network Controller, Amazon LEO
Core
Design, implement, and operate the control plane for Amazon's Low Earth Orbit satellite network, enabling high-throughput global telecom services across space and terrestrial infrastructure.
Role type
Senior Software Development Engineer (Network Architecture & Control Plane)
Builds
A scalable, high-throughput, low-latency network architecture for a massive satellite constellation and terrestrial network.
Domain
Satellite communications, Space-to-Earth networking, Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Software architecture design, System scalability, Reliability engineering, Workflow orchestration, High-availability software development, Automation, Routing algorithms, Network topology management, Telemetry integration, Failure recovery
Preferred skills
Full software development lifecycle management, Code review leadership, Mentorship
Technologies
Cloud services, Virtual nodes, Physical nodes, Route computation systems
Responsibilities
Design and deliver modern, flexible, scalable network architecture; Implement workflows to orchestrate on-orbit payload activities; Develop routing behavior for topology transitions and link failures; Integrate telemetry and network-condition data into control systems; Diagnose routing and forwarding issues across control, data, and physical planes.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
