[Skip to main content](#main-content) [ OpenNash ](https://opennash.com/) / [Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [ 01 Search jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/search/)[ 02 Companies](https://jobs.opennash.com/explore/)[ 03 Hiring report](https://jobs.opennash.com/reports/hiring/)[ 04 AI assistants](https://jobs.opennash.com/connect/)[ 05 How it works](https://jobs.opennash.com/methodology/) Amazon · Redmond, WA # Senior Software Dev Engineer, SDN, Amazon LEO US, WA, Redmond Senior individual contributor Software Engineering Listed on Amazon’s official careers site. Posted August 21, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10510857/senior-software-dev-engineer-sdn-amazon-leo) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Amazon](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/) / Senior Software Dev Engineer, SDN, Amazon LEO ## Job 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. ### 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 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 resource allocation 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 workflows to orchestrate on orbit payload activities - Implement highly-available software that will drive networking control plane operation on physical and virtual nodes - Define and automate processes used for software development, implementation, testing, and maintenance - Provide operational excellence for control plane services, to including enabling tools and definition/refinement of operational processes - Diagnose routing and forwarding issues across the control plane, data plane, and physical topology. - Integrate telemetry, topology, link-state, and network-condition data into route computation and control systems. - Develop routing behavior for topology transitions, link changes, node movement, degraded links, and failures. ### A day in the life This is an opportunity to be at the heart of the design, building and operation of a massive satellite constellation and terrestrial network. We interact with the satellite ground control services, the customer engagement systems and monitoring services to constantly fine-tune our network and deliver a high quality service to our customers. You will be responsible to build the best network for our customers. ### About the team The Software Defined Network (SDN) controller team is building the brain driving the LEO Network. Innovation is in our DNA and we tackle the problems presented by a dynamic network at global scale. It is our responsibility to ensure that the network works and our customer has a one-of-a-kind experience using our service. Our team will design, implement and operate the control plane 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. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Aug 21, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 25, 2026 - Last checked: Nov 8, 2026 - Listed for: 79 days - Location: US, WA, Redmond[Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10510857/senior-software-dev-engineer-sdn-amazon-leo) ## Hiring at Amazon - Open jobs: 21,930 - New in the last 7 days: After two weekly collections - Tracked since: Jul 10, 2026 [All Amazon jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/) · [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/) ## More jobs at Amazon ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, Leo Customer Terminals Applications & Networking Team](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/99c9690bfaf5048bf45f/) US, WA, Redmond ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo - Developer Productivity, AI, Test and Simulation](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/405d4da610b7dd8d87b1/) US, WA, Redmond ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Fulfillment Technology](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/3c5ebb12a6b1d0c25433/) US, WA, Redmond ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, Aurora PostgreSQL](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/77bd2e0c7d5c971a8717/) US, WA, Redmond ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, Software Defined Network Control Plane, Amazon Leo](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/de18d9add0a8c2ea9db9/) US, WA, Redmond ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [SDN Engineer, Product Software](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/equinix/jobs/1caae478729dc05d8008/) Equinix · Redwood City, California, United States +1 more ### [Dev Sec Engineering - E2](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lockheed-martin/jobs/8857fff1c89bad4c7bba/) Lockheed Martin · Boulder, CO ### [Dev Sec Engineering - E2](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lockheed-martin/jobs/962155f654dcbcec582c/) Lockheed Martin · Littleton, CO ### [Mainframe Microfocus Dev](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ntt/jobs/67a400e09bdc36d7a7b2/) NTT · Addison, TX, US, United States ### [IS Technical Specialist - IT Dev](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/huntington-bank/jobs/549f2b21dd06dd4ed9e6/) Huntington Bank · Columbus, OH OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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