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# Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo for Government

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $143,700.0 - $194,400.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Code Review, Computer Programming, Computer Networks, Software Design Patterns, Network Topologies, Internetworking, Software Engineering, Computer Network Operations, Information Technology, Build Process, Software Coding, Software Version Control
- **Published:** July 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/D680C6F39DF8469B86B775E9E08537AC/job/

## About the Role

* 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, * 3+ 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

## Description

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

This role is responsible for designing, building out, and maintaining critical APIs and interfaces to link Amazon Leo capabilities to US Government customers such as NASA, DoD, and other National Security customers. You will develop forward-looking software services for mission critical space safety and sustainability applications which will automatically coordinate with external systems and organizations rapidly, reliably, and at scale., * Utilize network topology understanding and Software Defined Networking/network operations experience to interface with the Amazon Leo network team to develop APIs and other enabling interface software to meet unique customer needs

 * Demonstrate the capabilities of the interfaces and architectures you define in a simulated test environment you help develop
 * Solve complex technical problems related to the use of the Amazon Leo constellation for government customers as part of a multi-disciplinary team
 * Lead internal and vendor teams to develop and deliver on software and interface requirements
 * Ensure systems meet Amazon Leo and US Government performance needs including availability, reliability, upgradeability, interoperability, and security requirements
 * Effectively communicate project health, risks and issues to stakeholders and management teams
 * Escalate urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner
 * Provide visualizations, document results, and communicate them across multi-disciplinary project teams

Security Clearance : This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government security clearance of TS/SCI.

About the team

The Amazon Leo for Government team is a multi-disciplinary technology team involved in developing and delivering targeted and scalable solutions for custom satellite and ground applications, including United States and allied government customers.


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