Front-End Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Over the next several years, education and learning are going to fundamentally change, and Amazon will play a significant part in this change. Amazon is investing in new products for learning and is looking for a Front-End Engineer to help build out a key program. You will help drive technical decisions, develop, and scale a new product for education used by developers and consumers. This is an opportunity to shape an exciting new space from the ground up. In this role, you will create and own features for a new product portfolio in the rapidly growing domain of enterprise and personalized learning.

As a Front-End Engineer you will be responsible for the feature design, development, test, and deployment of desktop and mobile customer experiences. You will be familiar with modern web development tools and frameworks like Node, React Native, ES6, and Webpack. You will work closely with dedicated UX professionals and get support from education scientists and domain experts. A successful candidate will have an established background in developing progressive applications with responsive design, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment. You must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically. You must excel in navigating cross-functional efforts and be adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into highly scalable, simple products that our audience will love. We’re working hard, having fun, making history; come join us!

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience building JavaScript/CSS Frameworks or shared component libraries used in large scale production websites
• 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
• Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
• Experience in communicating with users, UX designers, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs
• Familiar with web standards and protocols such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, and socket APIs in general
• Familiar with Web Server technologies and edge computing services
• Outstanding written, presentation and communication skills, evangelism experience a plus
• Experienced in multi-tier large scale web architecture
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• BS/MS or other degree/certification in Computer Science or related field and
• 3+ year professional experience in software development
• Obsessed with WPO (Web Performance Optimization)
• 3+ years of experience in Front-end web technologies and trends.
• Experience with browser tuning and optimization techniques/tools
• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms
• Proficiency in Javascript (ES6) and at least one other modern programming language (e.g C, C++, Java, Python)
• Experience working with web security, SEO, accessibility and internationalization
• Familiar with Node.js, React Native