Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
Have you wanted an opportunity to secure an advanced satellite broadband telecom service? The Kuiper Security team owns the security of product and operations of Project Kuiper end-to-end. We provide the necessary paved path services (including PKI), infrastructure and mechanisms to ensure the security of our satellite constellation and to protect the integrity and confidentiality of our customer data. Our team drives the research & development, deployment and operation of several mission-critical security systems and mechanisms. You will work in a start-up like environment, backed by Amazon’s infrastructure to bootstrap security mechanisms, and help instill the security culture in the organization.
As SDE3 in Kuiper Trust Services, you'll design and deliver on foundational cryptographic tools, libraries and services that support the overall security of our network. The ideal candidate has experience working in Embedded systems environments, and/or network security. In this role, you will work with our passionate, talented, and inventive engineers and scientists, to develop industry-leading PKI and Security Paved Path services.
This team owns designing the security controls across our security and trust services, influencing partner teams on the right security requirements and helping drive adoption of secure by default solutions to achieve and maintain the desired security posture. You'll help innovate in Security and PKI, helping drive proposals and processes, deliver security tools and automations.
You will closely collaborate with peer development and security leaders to establish, share and leverage security best practices, tools and capabilities to reduce the overall cost of security. Through proactive partnership with Kuiper business, security and tech teams, they'll strategically influence the right security outcomes, diving into the various sources of issues across our Discovery mechanisms.
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
You are adept at establishing durable mechanisms, breaking down complex problems and defining incremental (working backwards) plans to achieve our goals. You'll collaborate and inform at all levels of the organization establishing processes that track our goals, objectives, milestones, progress and risks, and drive organizational alignment on trade-offs and priorities. You are adept at hiring, developing and managing talent, and have experience building and managing high-performance teams.
A day in the life
You'll lead a team that works on all aspects of security and governance across our mission critical services, from discovery across our development and testing mechanisms, controls design and development, and security tabletops to designing solutions in partnership with your partner development teams.
About the team
Kuiper Trust Services owns the creation and operation of paved path services, infrastructure and mechanisms to protect customer data and Kuiper devices. We are part of the broader Kuiper Security organization chartered to protect services and applications within the Kuiper business teams. - 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team- 5+ 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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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
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