senior Software Engineer ic · Posted Jan 13, 2026
$168,100 – $227,400
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in Redmond, WA. The posting calls out experience with C, Networking, Cloud Computing. 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
Visa
Not sponsored
Department
Software Development
Posted
Jan 13, 2026
AI Summary
Design and implement the network control plane for Amazon's LEO satellite constellation, including routing, forwarding, and SDN technologies. Develop highly-available software in C and Rust for network nodes. Requires U.S. citizenship or permanent residency due to export control regulations.

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Job description

from Amazon careers

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 Have you wanted an opportunity to develop the core wireless and networking for an advanced global telecom service spanning both space and terrestrial networks? Have you wondered what it takes to solve a multi-dimentional routing problem at global scale? Amazon LEO's SDN team will design, implement and operate LEO's network control plane. This service will enable a high throughput telecom service using a system of LEO satellites, customer terminals, gateways, cloud services, and terrestrial network infrastructure that connect into public and private networks. For this role, you will: - Take responsibility for designing and delivering a modern, flexible, scalable, high throughput, low latency network architecture - Implement Routing and Forwarding, Traffic Engineering, and SDN technologies to deliver the best-in-class broadband network services for our customers - Implement highly-available software that will drive networking control plane operation on physical and remote nodes - Define and automate processes used for…

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