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Description
We are on the hunt for an engineer with a passion for crafting exceptional social sharing features at Amazon. The ideal candidate will enhance the simplicity and intuitiveness of our sharing interface, ensuring that users not only share content effortlessly but also enjoy a personalized sharing experience. Your expertise will be pivotal in integrating enhanced previews, tailoring content recommendations based on user sharing data, and elevating the overall user experience. This role is a unique opportunity to influence how users connect, share, and discover content, making each interaction within our platform more engaging and personalized in a dynamic online environment.
We are on a mission to empower customers to meaningfully connect over discovery by enabling easy, impactful sharing across Amazon and beyond. Whether helping someone find the perfect gift or get expert advice, sharing creates communities of customers helping each other. Your work will directly help customers discover new items to buy and get social validation from sharing behaviors.
As an Engineer, you'll be taking a leadership role in defining and delivering the future of sharing on Amazon.You'll collaborate closely with UX designers and product managers to optimize the sharing journey and eliminate any friction. You'll also explore new opportunities to leverage valuable sharing data for social proofing and improved recommendations.
By joining our global, growing team, you'll help shape the future of social shopping experiences on Amazon while developing your leadership skills. If you want to make a meaningful impact with your technical skills at a large-scale, this is the role for you.
A day in the life
On a day-to-day basis, you'll evaluate new sharing opportunities, define technical solutions, and manage deliverables. You'll also mentor more junior engineers, influence architecture decisions, and present your work to senior leadership.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of non-internship professional front end, web or mobile software development using JavaScript, HTML and CSS experience
5+ 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)
Experience in a broad range of software design approaches and common UX patterns.
Experience collaborating with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
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.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $134,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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.