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Description

We are seeking a skilled Front End Engineer to join our Strategic Risk Insights (SRI) team. The role will focus on developing and enhancing the user interfaces and front-end functionality of our platforms and applications deployed on Amazon Web Services (AWS). You will collaborate closely with the development team to create engaging and intuitive user experiences while leveraging modern front-end technologies and techniques.

This role will involve hands-on coding, designing and implementing responsive and accessible user interfaces, optimizing front-end performance, and ensuring seamless integration with back-end services and APIs. You will play a crucial role in creating and improving the front-end functionality of platforms utilized by SRI and its customers. The Strategic Risk Insights team is dedicated to building cutting-edge solutions that leverage advanced technologies, including Generative AI, to derive actionable security risk insights for our stakeholders and customers.

As a Front End Engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our web applications and user experiences. Your expertise in front-end development, user interface design, and web technologies will be instrumental in delivering visually appealing and highly functional interfaces that enhance the overall user experience.

If you have a passion for creating exceptional user experiences, a strong understanding of front-end development best practices, and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions, we encourage you to apply. Join our team and be part of the cutting-edge work happening at the intersection of cloud computing, software development, and advanced technologies like Generative AI.

Key job responsibilities

1. Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable, and efficient front-end code for web applications and platforms using best practices and industry standards for front-end development.

2. Implement and improve user interfaces and front-end functionality that provide stakeholders and customers with intuitive and data-driven experiences, enabling them to make informed, risk-based decisions.

3. Collaborate with back-end developers and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration of front-end components with back-end services and AWS infrastructure.

4. Implement security best practices for front-end development, including secure coding practices, input validation, and protection against cross-site scripting (XSS) and other web vulnerabilities.

5. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, architects, and operations, to gather requirements, ensure adherence to design guidelines, and deliver high-quality user experiences.

6. Design and implement the front-end portion of the CI/CD pipeline, leveraging AWS services for building, testing, and deploying front-end components.

7. Monitor and optimize front-end performance, identifying bottlenecks, implementing code optimizations, and leveraging techniques such as code splitting, lazy loading, and caching to ensure responsive and smooth user experiences.

8. Stay up-to-date with the latest front-end technologies, frameworks, libraries, and best practices, and contribute to the team's knowledge-sharing and continuous improvement efforts in the realm of front-end development.

About the team

About AmSec:

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training and Career growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of non-internship professional front end, web or mobile software development using JavaScript, HTML and CSS experience

• 1+ years of computer science fundamentals (object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysis) experience

• Experience using JavaScript frameworks such as angular and react

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of agile software development methodology experience

• Experience with common front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JS, TypeScript, and Node

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.