Description Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity. The Role This role is for a Software Engineer who will design, implement, and operate globally distributed systems that enable Kuiper 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 validation gates. - Architect a centralized metrics repository that becomes the source of truth for all Kuiper metrics. - Implement robust data quality frameworks with staging-first policies and automated validation pipelines. - Design extensible metrics schemas that support complex analytical queries while optimizing for AI retrieval patterns. - Develop intelligent orchestration for metrics generation workflows with comprehensive audit trails. - Lead the design of semantic data models that balance analytical performance with AI retrieval requirements. - Implement cross-domain federated query capabilities with sophisticated query optimization techniques. - Architect a globally distributed vector database infrastructure capable of managing billions of embeddings with consistent sub-100ms retrieval times. - Design and implement hybrid search strategies combining dense vectors with sparse representations for optimal semantic retrieval. - Establish automated compliance validation frameworks ensuring data handling meets Amazon's security standards. A day in the life This role is for a Software Development Engineer who will build new cloud services and APIs that facilitate and orchestrate the Kuiper AI Foundations—enabling intelligent software operation across Kuiper devices such as satellites, ground gateways, and customer terminals. You will design and deliver low-latency, highly scalable architectures that are critical to providing high-quality internet service and AI capabilities to customers. About the team Kuiper AI Foundations builds the intelligent cloud backbone that powers AI-driven decision making across Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation — from satellites and ground gateways to customer terminals. Our team designs and operates large-scale data and compute systems that enable training, inference, and agentic intelligence for optimizing network performance, routing, and user experience in real time. We combine expertise in distributed systems, data lakehouse architectures, and applied machine learning to deliver scalable, low-latency AI capabilities that integrate seamlessly with Kuiper’s software-defined space and ground systems. We move fast, innovate boldly, and work across boundaries to make global connectivity smarter and more efficient. Basic Qualifications - 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ 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. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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. 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