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# Senior Software Development Engineer, Quantum Network Engineering

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $168,100.0 - $227,400.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Code Review, Computer Programming, Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Networking Hardware, Key Management, Network Architecture, Network Planning and Design, Network Administration, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, AWS Data Analytics, Build Process, Software Coding, Software Version Control, Programming Languages
- **Published:** June 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3511dcd736a95823

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Systems engineering?, * 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, * 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
 * Experience in systems administration, network administration, AWS cloud app development, DevOps or site reliability engineering
 * Knowledge of network design, protocols and troubleshooting
 * * Experience with AWS security systems key management systems (KMS), HSMs, or cryptographic protocol implementation
 * * Experience operating services at scale in a cloud environment (AWS preferred)

## Description

Are you excited about building security infrastructure that will protect the world's most critical cloud networks against next-generation threats? Do you want to work at the intersection of networking, distributed systems engineering and quantum physics?, As an SDE III on this team, you will:

 * Architect and develop scalable software systems for symmetric key management, key lifecycle orchestration, and quantum networking device integration
 * Drive the design and implementation of control-plane and data-plane components that enable quantum-secured communication between AWS data centers
 * Lead the end-to-end development, deployment, and operation of Quantum Networks, from initial design through production rollout and ongoing operational management
 * Define and implement monitoring, alerting, and automation frameworks to ensure the reliability and performance of Quantum Network infrastructure
 * Partner closely with applied scientists, network engineers, and hardware teams to translate quantum networking research into production-ready solutions
 * Contribute to pilot deployments and help scale quantum networking capabilities across AWS regions
 * Raise the bar on operational excellence, security, and reliability for mission-critical networking infrastructure
 * Mentor junior engineers and influence team-wide technical direction

About the team
You can read more about our team and projects here: https://w.amazon.com/bin/view/QuantumNetworkEngineering


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