CareerPlan

Sr Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo, LEO Pop Control Plane

Sunnyvale, California, United StatesFull-time$193k–$262k2026-11-09 → 2026-11-10
Based in United StatesCitizens or permanent residents only

Core

Architect and build data-plane and control-plane traffic processing systems connecting satellite networks to customers.

Role type

Senior Software Development Engineer (Networking)

Builds

Networking functions on cloud infrastructure for low-Earth orbit satellite constellation

Domain

Satellite communications, networking, distributed systems

Required skills

software architecture, system design, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, code review, mentoring, distributed systems, networking protocols

Responsibilities

Define scalability and security tradeoffs for traffic processing systems, lead multi-engineer projects to build networking functions, collaborate with satellite and ground station teams, maintain operational dashboards, mentor engineers through design and code reviews

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities