Senior Frontend Engineer, Amazon
DataZone
$134.5-261.5k
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$134.5-261.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have extensive design and architecture experience, knowledge of AWS technologies and services, and a proven track record of building mission critical, highly scalable systems
- In addition to strong technical knowledge, you will be someone who thrives in a fast paced environment, and is passionate about solving ambiguous, challenging problems that have not been solved before
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience in web applications design and development
- 6+ years of non-internship professional front end, web or mobile software development using JavaScript, HTML and CSS experience
- Experience collaborating with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience in a broad range of software design approaches and common UX patterns
- Experience developing with MVC/MVM frameworks (e.g. React.JS, AngularJS, Vue)
- Knowledge of web services technologies such as SOAP, HTTP, WSDL, XSD, and REST
- Knowledge of security technology and concepts (Authentication, Authorization, Single sign-on, Cryptography, etc.)
- Experience as a front-end developer creating prototypes or wire-frames for enterprise web applications or workflows
What the job involves
- As a Senior FEE, you will be responsible for driving the team’s long-term vision and architecture, drive/shape roadmaps, and provide technical leadership to the engineering team
- Front End Engineers will be responsible for design, development, delivery and support of large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed software applications
- In our team you will have the opportunity to: - Review projects' ability to deliver robust and scalable solutions toward this vision, learning and incorporating new technologies as appropriate
- Build relationships with Development Managers, Engineers and Technical Project Managers across various AWS service teams
- Participate in the front-end architecture, development, testing, deployment, and delivery of large-scale global software applications, systems, platforms, services or technologies
- Participate in Agile project management methodologies to provide technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Build, manage, and develop world-class engineers including hiring recommendations and guide and mentor engineers and project managers within and outside of the team
- Ensure high quality design reviews which meet business and architectural goals and drive critical feedback on architecture and design issues
- Participate in strategic planning to achieve technical and business goals with team, leadership chain, and with customers
- Work directly with your customers and shape the vision of the web stack
- Create and drive metrics to measure complexity
- Brainstorm, prototype, test, and iterate on new ideas
- Work with the latest technologies and tools
- See the positive impact of your work on real customers
- You will work backwards from the customer needs and you will get to do everything from designing and building large scale systems and cutting-edge features for the savviest customers in the business
- Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life
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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