Software Development Engineer, Leo Telemetry Platform
Base salary $143,700 to $194,400
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Redmond, WA
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- LocationRedmond, WA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (3 h ago) · observed since
About this job
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.
Are you passionate about developing mission-critical software systems? As part of the Atlas team, you'll build and maintain the backbone software infrastructure that powers our entire organization. Your work will include:
- Creating systems and services for ingesting, processing, and visualizing vast amounts of satellite telemetry data
- Building real-time monitoring systems to identify anomalies, detect emerging trends, and proactively alert stakeholders to critical situations that require intervention
- Ensuring extremely high reliability, uptime, and performance across systems that receive and manage telemetry streams from thousands of endpoint
The systems we build serve a fundamental role in the successful functioning of the satellite constellation, and several supporting teams. They depend on us to have mission-critical reliability, uptime, and performance.
Key job responsibilities
- Develop software systems that meet the mission criteria and requirements.
- Collaborate with your fellow team members to form a strong foundation for a software organization in Leo.
- Help on-board new team members.
- Utilize AWS and other Amazon technologies to build high-available software services.
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.
About the team
The Atlas software engineering group is responsible for developing and maintaining the critical software infrastructure that enables multi-region telemetry data ingestion, health monitoring, and trend analysis across Amazon's Leo systems. As the core team building and managing these foundational data pipelines and analytics systems, the Atlas team bears significant ownership and responsibility to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability are met to satisfy business needs.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Redmond - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
Source: Amazon Leo · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($143,700) is above 15% of the 1,391 Software Engineering roles in Washington listed on this site; 531 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $143,700; the middle half runs from $143,700 to $168,100.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 5, 2026.
This listingSoftware Development Engineer, Leo Telemetry Platform$143,700 to $194,400
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Software Development Engineer, Unified Streaming and Monitoring Service$143,700 to $194,400
Software Development Engineer , Inventory Accounting$143,700 to $194,400
Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Leo Commerce$143,700 to $194,400
Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo Customer Terminal Software$143,700 to $194,400
Software Development Engineer, Leo Data Science Platform$143,700 to $194,400
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Software Development Engineer, Leo Telemetry Platform (this listing) | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer , Amazon Leo | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer, Unified Streaming and Monitoring Service | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer , Inventory Accounting | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Leo Commerce | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo Customer Terminal Software | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer, Leo Data Science Platform | $143,700 - $194,400 |
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- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-26
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USA, WA, Redmond - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
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