Software Development Manager, Networking, Leo Software Defined Network
Amazon · Redmond, WA · Software Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a manager-level Engineering Manager in the software engineering function based in Redmond, WA. The posting calls out experience with Networking, Observability, Cloud Computing. Compensation is listed at $184,900–$250,200 per year.
- Role
- Engineering Manager
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- manager
- Track
- hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Redmond, WA
- Department
- Software Development
- Posted
- May 13, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAmazon 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. Leo Software Defined Networking (SDN) team will design, implement and operate the network virtualization stack and SDN control plane signaling. Our scope spans over beam planning, routing and forwarding through our SDN Controller, Agents, and Applications that provides a high throughput telecom service comprised of Low Earth Orbit satellites, customer terminals, gateways, Cloud services and terrestrial network infrastructure that connects into public and private networks. We are looking for a dynamic leader and owner to build out our Skynet Operations team for an advanced global telecom service via both space and terrestrial networks. As the manager of this team, you will lead a mix of network engineers and software engineers to develop novel mechanisms that increase our end-to-end observability tools deliver high quality, secure and fault tolerant software used in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, ground Gateways, and Consumer/Enterprise class Customer Terminals. You will define the long-term vision for the team…