Description
Do you want to take on one of the most important frontend engineering challenges shaping the future of movies, television, and digital content? Amazon Prime Video is disrupting traditional media with an ever-increasing selection of movies, TV shows, Emmy Award winning original content, add-on subscriptions including HBO and Showtime, and Live events like Thursday Night Football, Major League Baseball and NBA. We are a premier provider of digital entertainment worldwide and we continue to grow very quickly!
We're looking for a creative, deeply technical, and customer-obsessed Frontend Engineer to join our Content and Data Platform team. Working within back end engineers and scientists, you'll build scalable and performant user interfaces with reusable frontend components and innovative solutions that define the future of digital entertainment delivery.
Technical Requirements: - Expert-level experience with modern frontend technologies (React, TypeScript, CSS-in-JS) - Strong understanding of frontend performance optimization and scalability - Experience with state management, component architecture, and micro-frontend approaches - Knowledge of modern build systems, testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines - Understanding of server-side rendering and progressive enhancement - Experience with responsive design and cross-platform compatibility
Come help us build the future of digital entertainment!
We're looking for a creative, deeply technical, and customer-obsessed Frontend Engineer to join our Content and Data Platform team. Working within back end engineers and scientists, you'll build scalable and performant user interfaces with reusable frontend components and innovative solutions that define the future of digital entertainment delivery.
Technical Requirements: - Expert-level experience with modern frontend technologies (React, TypeScript, CSS-in-JS) - Strong understanding of frontend performance optimization and scalability - Experience with state management, component architecture, and micro-frontend approaches - Knowledge of modern build systems, testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines - Understanding of server-side rendering and progressive enhancement - Experience with responsive design and cross-platform compatibility
Come help us build the future of digital entertainment!
Key job responsibilities
This role combines strategic frontend engineering leadership with global consumer impact:
Drive strategic decision-making on critical UI feature development, from design through implementation to deployment
Design and implement scalable, reusable frontend components for multiple applications while solving complex UI challenges
Lead technical decisions around frontend architecture, including framework selection, build systems, and rendering strategies
Collaborate with cross-functional leads including UX designers, product managers to create intuitive, high-performance user experiences
Collaborate with world-class engineering and science teams to deliver GenAI powered initiatives
Mentor other frontend engineers and establish development best practices while fostering a frontend engineering community
Maintain and raise the technical bar across all frontend development
Drive consumer-facing impact at global scale while balancing technical excellence with user experience
A day in the life
As a Frontend Engineer in the Content and Data Platform org, you'll tackle complex UI challenges at massive scale. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to build features that help internal customer to improve their daily operations with GenAI technologies and eventually benefit the customers discover and access content across different devices and platforms. You'll be responsible for delivering working frontend systems that are performant, maintainable, and secure, while managing ambiguity in a fast-paced environment where development cycles are measured in weeks, not quarters.
About the team
We care about your career growth and once you join the team, you and your manager will jointly craft a career plan and you'll review it regularly to ensure you're on track to reach your goals. Whether you want to explore new technologies, take on bigger challenges, or be promoted to the next level, we'll help you get there. Our business is growing fast, and our people will grow with it.
Basic Qualifications
4+ 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 proto@types 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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,700/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.
