In this role, you will be a senior member of the team, driving design decisions that requires coordination with multiple teams across Amazon. To be the right fit, you will have worked on all n-tiers of a responsive web app, with large amounts of data. You are into doing front-end widgets well, and can also build a scalable database repository, and define an API that is used by a comprehensive suite of tools across the company – you are a solid full-stack engineer. You will participate in all parts of the software development process. You’ll take high-level, ambiguous business requirements and turn them into reliable production features/systems. You will have the opportunity to make changes to the Amazon mobile shopping app and desktop site which are used by Millions of customers to view Billions of our product pages every year. You will solve hard computer science problems and help the business every day. We are looking for a person with a strong sense of ownership and a passion for delivering creative solutions for complex problems on an unprecedented scale. Successful candidate must be innovative, flexible, self-directed, and able to design and write high-performance, reliable, maintainable code. The ability to function at a very high level in a fast-paced environment along with a team of very talented engineers is essential. If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment to deliver world class mission critical systems, this may be the career opportunity for you!
You will love:
* Joining a great group of motivated, top-notch people and working with them to solve interesting and useful problems in a fun and collaborative environment.
* Seeing your solutions used by millions of customers, at Amazon scale.
* Helping people find things in a way no one has searched before.
* Culture of creative problem solving, intellectual design, fast-paced development, and passionate product delivery, making this a great place to achieve all of your goals.
* Mentoring junior engineers/interns on design and coding best practices.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Bachelors in Computer Science, or related discipline.
- Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language such as Java/Scala/Go/C#/Python on Unix/Linux.
- At least 3 years of experience building UI-based tools using MVC, Javascript, HTML/CSS.
- Working knowledge of at least one of the frameworks: AngularJS, React or Vue.js
- Solid Computer Science fundamentals in objected oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
- Experience developing software on Linux.
- Experience building services and familiarity with web technologies.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Masters in Computer Science.
- Familiarity with AR Core/AR Kit and AR Quick Look.
- Familiarity with WebGL.
- Industry experience with Big Data Technologies (Hadoop/Spark/Elasticsearch/Gremlin).
- Familiarity with AWS services and technologies (or equivalent: Azure, Google Cloud).
- Excellent written and spoken English.
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.