Front-End Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon’s mission is to be the world’s most customer-centric company, and our homepage is how millions of customers begin their interactions with Amazon every day. We are a global team responsible for designing, developing and shipping one of the world’s best known websites. We start with the customer and work backwards in order to build great customer experiences for mobile phones, desktops and tablets (both applications and web). If you’ve ever visited an Amazon homepage and thought, “this is great” or “this could be better,” we’re the team to talk to.

As a key part of the UX design and development of our homepage platforms, our team is seeking an experienced Front-End Engineer. Your strong technical knowledge and drive will play a key role in creating the next generation of Amazon homepages. As a Front-End Engineer, you will build customer-facing software on top of a multi-tiered rendering platform, requiring a constant desire to raise the bar for today's shopping experience. This role requires ownership, autonomy, and an ability to deliver results. You have a passion for building intuitive, efficient, and beautiful web interfaces. You will be leading front-end, web development throughout the planning, design and development lifecycle for many unique and innovative user experience projects.

Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Solid knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
· Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs
· Ability to technically lead project from design, scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
· Experience with MVC design patterns and how they apply to web development
· Outstanding written, presentation and communication skills, evangelism experience a plus
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· Bachelor's degree in web development, software engineering, computer science, or equivalent professional experience

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 5 years of experience as a front-end engineer, web developer, or similar role
· Proficiency using modern web development technologies and techniques, including JavaScript, AJAX, HTML5, CSS, Responsive Design, web services, etc.
· Experience developing AJAX interfaces with AJAX libraries and frameworks
· Fast learner, enjoys a fast paced environment, and will unwaveringly drive issues to conclusions
· Driven to provide the best customer experience