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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Observability Team - TeraWave - **Company:** Blue Origin - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $248,830.0 - $348,362.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Query Performance, Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Systems Engineering, Big Data, Biometrics, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Engineering, Databases, Data Systems, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Fault Tolerance, Network Monitoring, Network Service, NoSQL, Software Architecture, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Software Systems, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, System Programming, Web Services, Data Logging, Computer Network Operations, Cloud Platform System, Grafana, Indexer, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, SDN Network, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Video Streaming, Software Coding, Stream Processing, Data Pipelines, Dynatrace, Microservices - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c10bcc73f735ac60 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field. * 5+ years of professional software engineering experience developing distributed systems, network services, or large-scale backend platforms. * Strong proficiency in one or more systems programming languages such as Go, Rust, Java, or C++. * Experience building distributed microservices and APIs operating in cloud-native or large-scale production environments. * Experience with distributed messaging or streaming platforms such as Kafka, Kinesis, Pulsar, or similar technologies. * Experience designing scalable data systems using SQL, NoSQL, search, or time-series databases. * Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including fault tolerance, scalability, consistency, and resiliency. * Experience troubleshooting production systems using observability tools, metrics, logging, and distributed tracing. * Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across multiple engineering disciplines., * Experience building software for software-defined networking (SDN), telecommunications, satellite communications, or space systems. * Experience processing high-volume telemetry or event streams using technologies such as Apache Flink or similar stream-processing frameworks. * Experience with OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, or comparable large-scale data platforms. * Experience building observability platforms supporting real-time operational decision making. * Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure and Kubernetes-based deployments. * Experience supporting mission-critical operational environments, including launch, field operations, or network operations centers. * Experience working directly with hardware or embedded systems teams to integrate software with physical devices. * Familiarity with AWS services such as S3, Athena, DynamoDB, and streaming data services.Experience optimizing search, indexing, and query performance for large operational datasets. ## Description As a Senior Software Engineer on the Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Observability Team , you will design and develop the software systems that manage, route, and monitor Blue Origin's dynamic satellite network in real time. You will build distributed services that enable network planning, orchestration, telemetry processing, and observability across thousands of user terminals, satellites, and terrestrial infrastructure. Working closely with spacecraft, user, and ground systems engineers, you'll help build resilient software that keeps the constellation operating reliably under constantly changing orbital conditions., * Design and develop highly available, low-latency distributed services supporting network orchestration, telemetry collection, and control plane operations across the TeraWave constellation. * Build software that plans, disseminates, and coordinates state across terrestrial infrastructure, orbital assets, and users while maintaining reliability and consistency under dynamic network conditions. * Develop scalable data pipelines capable of ingesting and processing high-volume telemetry streams to improve network visibility and operational responsiveness. * Design efficient data models and storage solutions using relational, NoSQL, search, and streaming technologies to support real-time operational workflows. * Build APIs and services that enable reliable communication between network planning, control, and execution components. * Collaborate with spacecraft, RF, networking, and ground systems engineers to integrate software across the broader TeraWave platform. * Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks in large-scale distributed systems with a focus on latency, throughput, and operational reliability. * Participate in operational support for mission-critical services, including on-call rotations and launch or mission operations as required. * Contribute to software architecture, design reviews, coding standards, and engineering best practices across the SDN and Network Observability organization., Applicants for employment at Blue Origin 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. 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