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Sr. Software Development Engineer, Leo Network Services - Network Orchestration

Amazon

Amazon

Software Engineering
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Posted on Jan 7, 2026

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.

Key job responsibilities
- You will collaborate with engineers across the org to gather requirements, design, develop, deploy, and operate across solution pipelines.
- You will engineer and build solutions which are required for provisioning, address management, packet inspection and dynamic traffic management of the Amazon LEO network.
- You will work on initiatives building networking functions across AWS infrastructure and embedded devices.

Requirements
- Deep understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals, including IPv4/IPv6 routing, subnetting, and network topology design
- Familiarity with implementing and deploying network routing protocols such as OSPF, ISIS, BGP, or similar IGPs/EGPs in dynamic topologies
- Experience with the operational characteristics of link-state and distance-vector routing protocols at scale
- Experience with network simulation, testing, and validation tools for routing protocol verification

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.

A day in the life
A SDE in Leo Network Services is responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying, and operating services that enable broadband networks systems worldwide. We write code, debug, and create the world's most innovative products. We work in collaboration with other teams for designing and delivering scalable, flexible, low latency, and high throughput network functions.

About the team
Leo Network's goal to connect users around the world, is a commitment to not just establish networks but to connect customers to services. These services enable customer terminals and applications the ability to interface with the larger world. Our services come into focus for each Leo subscriber at activation from address assignment and name resolution to secure and programmable network functions. The Network Services team walks backward from end-user's perspective as we design and develop network functions that serve their unique asks.