Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Leo AI Foundations
Amazon · Redmond, WA · Software Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in Redmond, WA. The posting calls out experience with AWS, Distributed Systems, API Development, ETL. Compensation is listed at $168,100–$227,400 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Redmond, WA
- Department
- Software Development
- Posted
- May 14, 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. This role is for a Senior Software Engineer who will design, implement, and operate globally distributed systems that enable Leo to achieve low single-digit-second query responses within a near real-time analytics layer or lakehouse, and to support agentic AI capabilities on top. You’ll build these systems using the latest AWS technologies and best-in-industry software engineering practices. 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. Key job responsibilities - Architect and implement a scalable, cost-optimized S3-based Data Lakehouse that unifies structured and unstructured data from disparate sources. - Architect and implement a scalable, cost-performance-optimized OLAP-based analytics layer - Establish metadata management with automated data classification and lineage tracking. - Design and enforce standardized data ingestion patterns with built-in quality controls and…