Software Dev Engineer, Command and Data Handling (CDH), Amazon LEO

About the role

The Command and Data Handling (CDH) team in Amazon LEO provides the foundational telemetry infrastructure that enables the rest of the Kuiper organization to fly and sustain thousands of satellites in low earth orbit (LEO). Every flight control group, hardware owner, and mission operator depends on CDH-delivered telemetry to observe, diagnose, and act on satellite and ground appliance health.

We build and operate the systems that ingest, decode, route, and deliver telemetry from spacecraft and ground appliances to the engineers and automated systems that keep the constellation healthy. Our software spans embedded agents running on resource-constrained appliances through high-throughput cloud services, and it has to be correct, observable, and resilient, because the rest of Kuiper can't operate on data it can't trust.

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 responsibilities

As an Software Engineer on CDH, you will own the design, implementation, and operation of telemetry services and agents end to end. You'll take ambiguous problems - "we need to scale ingestion to N more satellites," "operators need this signal sooner and more reliably" - and turn them into designs, code, and running systems. You'll write production C++ and/or other systems/cloud code, drive technical decisions within your area, and raise the operational bar for software that thousands of downstream users depend on.

This is a hands-on building role with real ownership. You will be expected to deliver complex features independently, decompose large efforts for yourself and others, and mentor more junior engineers through design and code review.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of embedded firmware development experience

Additional information

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Pay and benefits

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.

USA, WA, Redmond - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually