Senior Systems Development Engineer, Leo Network Services

About the role

Join our Terrestrial Network team to shape the future of a global Service Provider network supporting 3,236 satellites and terrestrial infrastructure. You'll be at the forefront of ensuring reliable connectivity that directly impacts customer experience across our constellation.

Key job responsibilities

• Build and maintain processes, procedures, and tooling to monitor, troubleshoot, and operate a global Service Provider network at scale
• Develop proactive monitoring and alerting solutions to continuously improve network reliability and customer experience
• Ensure that all systems are designed to be robust, scalable, maintainable, and adaptable
• Integrate with existing systems such as trouble ticketing, dashboards, and metrics tools and services
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with other software development, systems development, and network teams
• Provide support and incident response as part of an on-call rotation

A day in the life

You'll work at the intersection of space-based and terrestrial networking, tackling unique challenges that few engineers ever encounter. Your day might include analyzing network telemetry from thousands of satellites, collaborating with hardware teams on next-generation designs, or developing automation that prevents issues before they impact customers. You'll have the autonomy to identify problems, propose solutions, and drive them to completion while working with talented engineers across the organization.

About The Team

Our Terrestrial Network team designs, builds, and operates the earthbound portion of one of the most complex networks in existence - connecting ground stations, data centers, and a constellation of satellites to deliver seamless connectivity. We're a collaborative group of curious problem-solvers who thrive on technical challenges and are committed to operational excellence. We value innovation, encourage experimentation, and believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives and rigorous technical debate.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
• 5+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
• Experience with building and maintaining network monitoring solutions in production environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations

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.

Company

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Job ID

A3169670