Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo for Government

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

This role is responsible for designing, building out, and maintaining critical APIs and interfaces to link Leo capabilities to US Government customers such as NASA, DoD, and other National Security customers. You will develop forward-looking software services for mission critical space safety and sustainability applications which will automatically coordinate with external systems and organizations rapidly, reliably, and at scale.

Key job responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Utilize network topology understanding and Software Defined Networking / network operations experience to interface with the Leo network team to develop APIs and other enabling interface software to meet unique customer needs
• Demonstrate the capabilities of the interfaces and architectures you define in a simulated test environment you help develop
• Solve complex technical problems related to the use of the Leo constellation for government customers as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Contribute to internal and vendor teams to develop and deliver on software and interface requirements
• Ensure systems meet Leo and US Government performance needs including availability, reliability, upgradeability, interoperability, and security requirements
• Effectively communicate project health, risks and issues to stakeholders and management teams
• Escalate urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner
• Provide visualizations, document results, and communicate them across multi-disciplinary project teams.

Security Clearance : This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government security clearance of TS/SCI.

About the team

The Leo for Government team is a multi-disciplinary technology team involved in developing and delivering targeted and scalable solutions for custom satellite and ground applications, including United States and allied government customers.