Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Hiring for Software Development Manager, Networking, Kuiper Software Defined Network at Redmond, WA Full Time

• 7+ years of experience working directly within engineering teams
• Experience partnering with product OR program management teams
• 3+ years of people management experience, managing engineers
• 3+ years of experience architecting and designing (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Background in networking protocols.
• 5+ years of industry experience with Service provider, Cloud environments
• 3+ years of experience in AI
• 5+ years of experience in real time communications and resource constraints
• 5+ years of experience of managing products, budgets and justifying resource needs to senior leaders and finance partners
• 3+ years of experience building and managing software development teams working on large distributed systems and embedded platforms
• Experience with object-oriented design, and agile development methodologies

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

The team
Project Kuiper’s Software Defined Networking (SDN) team will design, implement and operate the network virtualization stack and SDN control plane signalling. Our scope spans over beam planning, routing and forwarding through our SDN Controller, Agents, Apps, as well as Capacity Management 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.

The role
We are looking for a dynamic leader and owner to build the core networking control plane services for an advanced global telecom service via both space and terrestrial networks. As the manager of this team, you will lead a software engineering team to 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 and its products as well as defining the team structure needed to achieve it. The candidate must have expertise with modern development practices and languages and will have demonstrated the capability to deliver best-in-class software systems that solve some of today’s hardest problems.

The position is in Redmond.

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

• Hire, support and develop a team of exceptional software developers for the SDN Agent team
• Define the multi-year vision and strategy for the team
• Lead the software engineering team to deliver a cloud-based and embedded software with a distributed network management plane to create a scalable network that is highly available across challenging mobile, space and terrestrial environments.
• Manage resource allocation to meet our business goals
• Manage the software lifecycle of your deliverables from concept to operations

A day in the life
You will collaborate with various stakeholders to create the world’s most innovative products. You will lead the control and management of the network. You will lead our development and integration efforts and planning on prototypes and production environments.

About the team
In Project Kuiper, we believe that our differences makes us stronger. We are committed to Amazon’s culture of inclusion ingrained in our Leadership Principles, which encourages team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. We want to foster a culture of collaboration, delivering results and work/life balance.

• Experience with SDN, routing protocols/algorithms, mobility networks, traffic engineering and capacity management
• Strong computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms and distributed systems
• Experience building embedded software and tiers-1 services at global scale
• Experience managing and operating complex systems that are highly reliable and scalable
• Experience managing complex projects with challenging timelines and multiple stakeholders
• Experience with Unix/Linux and writing code in one of the following languages Rust, Python, Shell, Java or C++
• Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
• Understanding of software development lifecycle and a track record of timely deliveries

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $148,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.