Front End Engineer II, International Emerging Stores

DESCRIPTION

Shaping the Future of Global E-commerce!!
At Amazon's International Emerging Stores (IES), we're reinventing how millions of customers discover and shop online. Our team is architecting foundational platforms and mechanisms that will power Amazon's next generation of shopping experiences globally. We're tackling intrinsically hard problems at the intersection of AI, personalization, and scalable systems - challenges that require innovative solutions while maintaining our commitment to operational excellence. Our charter extends beyond traditional e-commerce boundaries, focusing on creating competitive advantages through technical innovation. We're building solutions that not only serve immediate business needs but establish new patterns and practices that can be adopted across Amazon. Our work demands deep technical judgment, cross-organizational collaboration, and the ability to influence at the highest levels of the organization. The Opportunity: Front End Engineer As a Front End Engineer, you'll be crucial in crafting exceptional user interfaces and responsive web experiences that delight millions of customers across our retail platform, with a special focus on creating visually immersive product evaluation experiences and interactive infographics for product education. In this role, you'll architect and implement sophisticated client-side applications that seamlessly integrate with AI-powered features, creating intuitive and dynamic shopping experiences. You'll develop performant, accessible, and responsive interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks, build reusable component libraries, and implement real-time updates and interactive visualizations. Your work will center on crafting engaging features such as visually immersive product evaluation experiences, including 3D product viewers, try-on features, and interactive product customization tools. You'll also create engaging and informative infographics for product education, translating complex product details into easily digestible visual content, and develop dynamic, data-driven product comparison tools that help customers make informed decisions. We're seeking someone with deep expertise in modern front-end technologies and strong understanding of web performance optimization, accessibility standards, and responsive design principles. You should be comfortable with state management solutions, testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines, as well as collaborating effectively with designers to transform UX concepts into production-ready code. You'll participate in technical design discussions, conduct code reviews, and contribute to front-end architecture decisions while ensuring optimal loading times and smooth user experiences across all devices. Your role will be pivotal in pushing the boundaries of what's possible in e-commerce UI, creating memorable and informative shopping experiences that set our platform apart. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on large-scale, consumer-facing applications while solving complex UI challenges that impact millions of customers globally. You'll be part of a team that values creative problem-solving and innovation, with the chance to shape the future of digital retail through modern front-end technologies and best practices in visual product representation and educational content delivery.

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