Amazon Leo – Senior Software Development Engineer (Testing & Validation)

Location: Redmond, WA | Fully Onsite (3 days typical, 5 days as needed) | 6-Month Contract (Potential Extension) | W2

About the Role

Join Amazon’s innovative Leo team as a Senior Software Development Engineer focused on testing and validation for advanced hardware systems. This is a hands-on position ideal for engineers passionate about maintaining and enhancing existing software solutions that support critical hardware testing environments. If you thrive at the intersection of software and hardware and are eager to drive reliability and quality in real-world devices, this opportunity is for you.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize existing Python-based software tools for hardware testing and validation.
• Analyze hardware-generated data, extract trends, and deliver actionable insights.
• Develop data visualizations and reporting workflows to communicate test results effectively.
• Build and enhance data processing pipelines for efficient test data handling.
• Support and streamline software build, deployment, and CI/CD processes.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with software and hardware engineering teams to maximize testing efficiency.
• Participate actively in code reviews, version control management, and software best practices.
• Oversee source code and configuration management using Git.

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in professional software engineering, focused on Python.
• Deep expertise in Python development and scripting.
• Proven experience with hardware systems, test environments, or handling hardware-generated data.
• Strong proficiency working within Linux environments.
• Background in supporting, maintaining, and improving established software codebases.
• Familiar with CI/CD practices and software build pipelines.

Preferred Skills

• Experience processing, analyzing, or visualizing technical/test data.
• Advanced knowledge of Git workflows and version control.
• Exposure to embedded systems, aerospace, satellite, or defense environments.
• Familiarity with NI TestStand or similar automated test platforms.
• Knowledge of C or C++.
• Experience in hardware validation, verification, or manufacturing test settings.

Benefits

• Gain direct experience with next-generation Amazon hardware projects.
• Work in a highly collaborative, cross-functional engineering environment.
• Opportunity to impact the reliability and quality of Amazon’s innovative products.
• Competitive contract compensation with potential for extension and growth.

How to Apply

Ready to engineer the future of hardware testing at Amazon? Submit your resume today. Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship and open to onsite work in Redmond, WA.