Software Development Engineer - Kuiper Network Services

Software Development Engineer - Kuiper Network Services

Identyfikator pracy: 2734184 | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. In this role as a Software Development Engineer (SDE), you will be part of the core technical team building the ground-based traffic processing pipelines for connecting Kuiper’s satellite network to the external world. This opportunity will afford you an exciting SDE role in Project Kuiper that would enable you to architect and build software from the ground up and drive the engineering culture of the team.

Key job responsibilities:

1. You will develop code, build CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and dashboards for monitoring health of systems and data pipelines.
2. You will work with multiple cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design, develop, deploy, and operate the infrastructure you build.
3. You will develop and mentor junior and new team members.
4. You will engineer and build a cloud service that is reliable and available to provide connectivity for our customers.
5. You will work on features that enhance the quality of service and security for our customers.
6. You will collaborate and work on initiatives across multiple teams to build networking functions on AWS cloud infrastructure and set best practices for software development processes.

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.

A day in the life:
SDE's at Project Kuiper work on designing networking features with various stakeholders, implementing and testing them on prototype/production environments and delivering solutions with the highest quality. We write code, debug, and create the world’s most innovative products. We also operate our own service fleets and handle our customer issues to provide the best experience for our customers.

PODSTAWOWE KWALIFIKACJE

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Experience in developing distributed software systems in C/C++, Rust, Golang or Python on Linux
- Experience with building large-scale, high-performance systems in a complex, multi-tiered, distributed environment
- Foundation in data structures and efficient algorithms

PREFEROWANE KWALIFIKACJE

- Experience in building distributed infrastructure services on AWS
- Experience with DPDK, virtualization and containers
- Familiarity with wireless and mobile networking
- Experience with network analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting and performance analysis skills
- Extensive Linux system programming experience (e.g. sockets, files, shared memory) and understanding of Operating systems

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.