Software Development Engineer, Kuiper Science, ML, AI, and Reporting

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.

Key job responsibilities
Have you wanted an opportunity to work on an advanced global telecom service spanning both space and terrestrial networks? Have you wondered what it takes to solve a multi-dimensional resource allocation problem at global scale? Project Kuiper's Capacity Management and Science Platform team will design, implement and operate systems that support the planning, management, and optimization Kuiper network resources for quality of service and throughput. This will allow Kuiper delight our customers. For this role, you will:

- Take responsibility for designing and delivering modern, flexible, scalable solutions to complex optimization problems for operating and planning satellite constellations
- Work with our peer teams and customers to design suitable software systems to fulfill the mission needs.
- Write code for production cloud native software systems in Java.
- Utilize AWS and other Amazon technologies to build high-available software services.
- Help on-board and mentor new team members.
- Lead technical roadmap definition efforts and decide what software services to build.
- Define and automate processes used for software development, implementation, testing, and maintenance
- Provide operational excellence and define/refine operational processes

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.

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 and end-to-end experience for our customers.

About the team
Kuiper Capacity Management is a team of Software Development Engineers and Applied Scientists. We are building the systems that anticipate, allocate, and optimize end-to-end resources of the Kuiper Network to delight customers and support the business planning process, using the latest machine learning algorithms and systems. Innovation is in our DNA and we tackle the tough problems presented by a dynamic network at global scale. It is our responsibility to ensure that the network meets and exceeds our customers' expectations.