Front End Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for innovative engineers to grow a rapidly expanding applications development team. This organization has the charter to build software at the core of AWS by empowering the engineers and representatives who assist customers at all levels to provide unparalleled service and insight. When AWS Services go down, our team provides the tooling that enables the response. Our number one goal is to enable relevant and timely communication to AWS customers when they need it most. You will own execution towards that goal, delivering applications incrementally for your customers by obsessing over their needs so that they can focus on their obsession for AWS customers.

As part of a growing team, you will have opportunities to mentor and coach other engineers. You would be joining as we begin building a huge new product for AWS that is being kept under wraps until announcement at re:Invent 2020. You would be responsible for implementing technology solutions that can scale at the rapidly growing pace of the AWS customer and partner community. You will help to shape product vision and quickly iterate on front-end interfaces and have a working knowledge of back-end data handling. You consider usability, accessibility, and performance in the products you build and work backward from the customer to anticipate their needs. You leverage your knowledge of the nuances, pitfalls and strengths of the various front-end development frameworks and associated best practices.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
· Proficient in a broad range of software design approaches and common UX patterns. Knows when (and when not) to use front-end software design patterns (e.g., asynchronicity, data binding, modules, MVC, objects, promises)
· Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front-end user interfaces such as HTML5, JavaScript through to mobile app development (Android, iOS, etc.).
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

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

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
· 3 years of professional front end development around the user experience, an eye for design and attention to detail, and experience with responsive web design.
· Experience in developing rich applications with HTML, CSS, JS, Node
· Experience in developing front-end software, with deep experience in one or more relevant front-end frameworks (React, Angular, Thyme Leaf, JQuery etc.), UI Test Automation frameworks, and MVC frameworks.
· Experience with view layout and rendering technologies (e.g., responsiveness, progressive enhancement, browser/device support).