Front-End Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Prime Video is changing the way millions of customers around the world watch movies and TV shows, with thousands of titles available on an unlimited basis through Prime Video, all on hundreds of devices, including Kindle Fire, Fire TV and Stick, iPads, smart phones, smart TVs and game consoles. This catalog includes award-winning Amazon Original titles produced by Amazon Studios. Our teams are committed to delivering highly compelling content via the highest quality customer experience across all devices and locales.

This is a unique role in which you will work on Prime Video and Amazon Studios projects. You will integrate with a number of Amazon teams and services to create tools and projects that serve Amazon Originals and reach millions of customers.

We are looking for an analytical, resourceful, customer-focused, team-oriented individual who will be able to work with multiple internal engineering teams, has exceptional attention to detail, and a deep motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
· Responsible for the development and maintenance of key system features
· You will investigate design approaches, prototype technology and evaluate technical feasibility, on your own and with other team members
· Be able to operate in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules
· Establish architectural principles, select design patterns and mentor team members on their appropriate application

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Experience working with or on JS and React projects
· Experience leading and mentoring other software development engineers
· Strong problem solving skills and an ability to handle ambiguous challenges
· Ability to take a problem, create the design and estimate the time to implement the design autonomously
· Demonstrated ability to work effectively cross-group, with a passion for team collaboration
· Proven ability to work in an ownership and results oriented culture
· Thrive working in diverse teams

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

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
· 4+ years of experience in Front-end focused Software Development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript (ES5 and ES6+))
· 3+ years of experience with cross browser compatibility, browser tuning and optimization techniques/tools
· 4+ years of experience in multi-tier web architecture