Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo CT Anchor

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.Developer Experience organization owns the entire path from commit to satellite. This is a unique opportunity to offer this scope to platform engineers. We will build a unified platform that empower Leo engineers to see their code affect satellite operations within days not weeks, months or a quarter. We will build a self-service platform as the intelligence layer, to empower engineers with real-time root cause attribution and triaging in CT production, conversational analytics agents, automated narrative generation and potential bugs discovery capabilities. We are looking for a Senior engineer with experience in supporting mission-critical applications, who are excited about building solutions that enhance automation, stability, and release processes across multiple systems. You will be the technical anchor for how the system will be built from ground up. You bring strong depth in distributed systems, knowledge representation, and AI/ML engineering, combined with the people leadership skills to hire, develop, and retain high-performing engineers in a fast-moving, ambiguous domain.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. Key job responsibilitiesA successful engineer in this role is : - Highly analytical: You solve problems in ways that can be backed up with verifiable data. You focus on driving processes, tools, and statistical methods which support rational decision-making.- Technically fearless: You aren't satisfied by performing 'as expected' and push the limits past conventional boundaries. Your dial goes to '11'.- Team obsessed: You help grow your team members to achieve outstanding results. You foster the creative atmosphere to let engineers innovate, while holding them accountable for making smart decisions and delivering results.- You’re ambitious, yet humble: You recognize that there’s always opportunity for improvement and use introspection and feedback from teammates and peers to raise the bar for your team.- Engaged by ambiguity: You're able to explore new problem spaces with unique constraints and thus non-obvious solutions; you’re quick to identify any gaps in the team and the right person to fill them to best deliver value to customers.- Own technical vision and direction: You identify problems and develop solutions; you embrace performance metrics and measurement techniques because they help you assess how well system-related services are running.- Build and grow your team: You'll be a key contributor on an engineering team that delivers results. - Invent and simplify: You will apply the first principal thinking into your work and find a simple solution to tackle the fundamental problem. A day in the lifeA Software Development Engineer works closely with Principal Engineer, Sr. Principal Engineer to deal with ambiguity and define technical strategy. The engineer will also work with the release teams to deeply understand the current workflow, use cases, pain points, inefficiency and come up with innovative simple solution. Basic qualifications- 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience- 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience- 7+ 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 teamPreferred qualification - 7+ 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 equivalentAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. 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 - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually