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Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Low Earth Orbit, LEO Pop DataPlane

Amazon· Software Development
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Hybrid (Sunnyvale, CA)$193.3k - $261.5kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior SDE on the Pop DataPlane team within Amazon LEO, responsible for architecting and building traffic processing pipelines that connect the satellite network to the outside world, with focus on scalability, performance, security, and end-to-end delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Design and own the architectural direction of the Pop DataPlane traffic processing systems, balancing scalability, performance, and security tradeoffs across the full software lifecycle.
  • Lead multi-engineer projects to build networking functions on AWS cloud infrastructure, establishing best practices for development, testing, and deployment processes.
  • Collaborate with satellite network, ground station, and customer-facing teams to gather requirements, define interfaces, and ensure your systems integrate into the broader LEO architecture.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and operational dashboards to ensure system reliability and rapid delivery of new capabilities.
  • Coach and mentor engineers on the team, driving a culture of high-quality code, thorough design reviews, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 5+ 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

Skills

Required:Architectural designLeadership / mentoringCI/CD

Benefits

  • 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
  • Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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