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Amazon · 11 hours ago

Sr. Software Engineer, Leo, Nexus

Redmond, Washington, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$168K/yr - $227K/yr

5+ years exp

Amazon is a leading technology company focused on delivering fast, reliable internet connectivity through its low Earth orbit satellite network, Amazon Leo. The role involves architecting and developing platforms that enable engineers to efficiently utilize lab resources, solve complex problems in resource orchestration and distributed systems, and accelerate development velocity.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

You'll architect and develop the platform that enables hundreds of engineers to discover, reserve, and utilize lab resources without conflicts or downtime

This means solving complex problems in resource orchestration, state management, and distributed systems—ensuring hardware is always available, properly configured, and ready when teams need it

Your work directly accelerates Leo's development velocity

By removing infrastructure bottlenecks and automating repetitive tasks, you enable both lab engineers to focus on high-value hardware work and development teams to ship faster without fighting over resources and ensuring their test environments mimic the actual satellites

Qualification

Software development experienceProgramming languagesSystem designArchitectureFull software development life cycleBachelor's degree in computer scienceMentorship experience

Required

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

Preferred

5+ 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 equivalent

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