Front End Engineer Intern, Amazon
2023
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields at time of application
- Strong interest in building web applications using current technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript, CSS; while also familiar with JavaScript frameworks such as React and Redux
- Working with RESTful APIs and object-oriented programming is desired
Desirable
- Previous technical internship(s)
- Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
- Adept at handling ambiguous or undefined problems as well as ability to think abstractly
- Experience with distributed multi-tiered systems, data structures and algorithmic complexity. Amazon values knowledge of Accessibility in relation to its products, devices, services, websites or environments, so as to be usable by people with disabilities
What the job involves
- Build reusable JavaScript components in React for use in our product and across AWS
- Deliver new user interfaces by using engineering designs and concepts
- Work closely with our Senior Engineers and stakeholders to deliver quality features to our customers
- Collaborate with the rest of the team on improvements for existing features
- Contribute to the development lifecycle, from concept through planning and implementation
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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