Software Development Engineer III, Leo

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.

Builder Operations, systems and services team is responsible for developer experience, CICD and production services. We are looking for engineers with experience in designing backend services, five 9 service availability and metrics, with advanced knowledge of AWS cloud services infrastructure such as IAM, Lambdas, Cloud watch, API gateways etc. Proficiency in at least one of Type Script/Python/GoLang is an added advantage.

The candidate would participate in all phases of software development from requirements through implementation and test to operations. You will participate in the design, integration and improvement of the software. This includes designing and implementing a wide range of software using AWS stack, sometimes requiring partnership with low level embedded code software systems and architecting scalable design solutions for software distribution and deployment for satellites.

You must be able to disambiguate high level of ambiguity and unknowns, design flexible solutions and be able to succeed within an open, collaborative environment.

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.

• Understanding of AWS stack - IAM, Lambdas, cloud watch, api gateways

• Understanding of automation, monitoring and operational excellence

• AWS Permissions and IAM roles, Authorization and authentication

• Fine grained access control

• Know S3 storage patterns

• Should have build Large scale infra services

• Have a strong security mindset

• 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

• 8+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

• 8+ 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

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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. Learn more about our benefits at .

USA, WA, Redmond -  -  USD annually