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Description
Amazon Redshift Service is looking for a Sr. Frontend engineer to build world-class user interfaces for our customers. If you’re an application engineer, and you have the skills to create highly interactive and well-designed web interfaces, then AWS is looking for you. You will work on architecting, designing and implementing high performance console applications for our customers to interact with AWS Redshift.
Amazon Redshift is a rapidly growing, fast and powerful, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud. It enables our customers to dramatically increase their performance when analyzing data sets of virtually any size using the same SQL-based business intelligence tools they use today. They can launch a fully operational service with a few clicks for as low as under $1000 per terabyte per year. Amazon Redshift is the fastest and most widely used cloud data warehouse, yet we are constantly improving our service based on our customers’ needs across all areas of the service.
At AWS, you’ll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging the resources of Amazon.com (AMZN), one of the world's leading internet companies. The Amazon Redshift Service team is part of the rapidly growing AWS Database and Analytics group. We are customer obsessed in a highly collaborative team-oriented environment.
The Amazon Redshift Service team designs, develops and operates software that allows customers to store, query and analyze data at scale in a secure, responsive, and reliable environment. We are currently looking for a rock-star web developer to build world-class user interfaces for our customers. Are you an expert in web technologies? Want to use this expertise for creating the next generation Redshift and Data Analytics customer experience?
Our team puts a high value on work-live 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. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Also worth mentioning that our team locates at multiple sites across the globe, including Palo Alto, CA | Austin Tx in USA | Berlin Germany | Sydney Australia.
Who you are:
Highly-motivated and thrive in an environment where problems are open-ended.
Enjoy engaging in passionate discussions with smart people and letting the best ideas rise to the top.
Have build applications using Java based stacks such as Spring MVC, Play etc.
Strong understanding of CS fundamentals, Object Oriented Design and Data Structures.
Working knowledge of JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 and latest JavaScript standards.
Have experience in basic cross browser support, caching and optimization techniques (css sprite, minify, gzip, data uri) for faster page load times.
Have experience in developing consumer facing web applications using Ajax.
Genuinely excited about technology, have a strong interest in learning and playing with the latest technologies.
Our team puts a high value on work-live 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. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Key job responsibilities
Translating product requirements for our web applications into well-designed, well-documented, and well-maintained front-end code.
Our tech stacks include mostly native AWS services, using AWS CDK, Next.js, and React.js single-page applications, including web views inside other native apps.
Your projects will receive direct feedback from internal team members who are not SDEs. This will allow you to learn a new domain and improve applications that are used every day.
A day in the life
Our internal stakeholders include:
database Engineers who operated and design and support one of the largest cloud based datawarehouse solution on earth.
Software Engineers who build innovative technologies that are changing the Internet.
Senior and Principal Engineers and Applied Scientists who familiar with the codebase you will extend.
About the team
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/principles).
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Austin, TX, USA
Basic Qualifications
4+ years of non-internship professional front end, web or mobile software development using JavaScript, HTML and CSS experience
7+ years of front-end developer creating prototypes or wire-frames for enterprise web applications or workflows experience
Experience developing with MVC/MVM frameworks (e.g. React.JS, AngularJS, Vue)
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of web services technologies such as SOAP, HTTP, WSDL, XSD, and REST
Experience in a broad range of software design approaches and common UX patterns.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.