Web Development Engineer – Global Talent Management Full Time

1A Market St, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 1DE, UK
Amazon
Want to help design and build a brand new set of apps and a platform forthe future of Talent Management at Amazon, as experienced by hundreds ofthousands of employees? You can help us deliver an awesome employeeexperience, putting the employee at the center of their career. Come bepart of a team that will directly shape and influence the future growthof every employee at Amazon including your own!You will work as a front end developer using the latest technologies tobuild a responsive JavaScript web application (using ECMA5, React andAngular 2). You will also interact with the back end including Javamicroservices in a distributed service-orientated architecture usingAWS, NoSQL and workflows.You will work as part of a sustainable paced agile team and you willtake ownership for the UI parts of the platform and apps. Your team willown the business, technology and operations, giving you theresponsibility, authority and autonomy to ensure success. You can beinvolved in every aspect of the process – from idea generation, businessanalysis and technical design through to web development across avariety of technologies.Come join a team full of very intelligent and capable people who comefrom all over the world. Enjoy the chance to work in a relaxed settingwith a good social life. The team based in Edinburgh, Scotland israpidly expanding. Successful candidates will have a passion fortechnology, a focus on the customer experience and greatteamwork/communication skills.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Experience in web development (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, JQuery,AngularJS, Ruby on Rails) in an industry environment. Relevant degree (2.1 or higher). Equivalent experience will be considered. Demonstrated coding and problem solving skills in at least one modernprogramming language, e.g. JavaScript, Ruby, Java. Demonstrated ability to deliver complex features using raw JavaScript,without using libraries. You can also evaluate and use front-endlibraries, frameworks, and toolsets effectively. You are capable ofextending and debugging libraries, and can dive into the source code todebug and patch when necessary. A system level understanding of how different tiers of the codebaseinteract; you will provide input to architecture and API design toensure smooth end-to-end integration. Strong written and verbal English communication skills.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Demonstrated best-practice engineering including some Agilemethodologies, unit testing, TDD, refactoring, code reviews, build anddeployment processes. Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring other engineers. Advanced coding skills (profiling and performance optimisation).Personal qualities Results oriented with a strong customer and business focus Highly innovative, flexible and self-directed, but also a cooperativeteam player Ability to communicate and discuss technical topics with bothtechnical and business audiences Ability to deal well with ambiguous and undefined problems Able to thrive in a challenging and dynamic environment Strong sense of ownership and passion for writing world-class softwareWe offer a strong benefits package including healthcare. This is youropportunity to develop a rewarding career, work in a unique environment,and be part of a passionate and international team to work hard, havefun and make history!Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately thatemploying a diverse workforce is central to our success. We makerecruiting decisions based on your experience and skills.All offers are conditional on references, verification of the right towork in the UK, and a successful background screening check. This checkwill include previous employment verification, qualificationverification (if relevant) and a basic criminal check. Further detailsof this policy and procedure will be sent to you along with yourconditional offer. – provided by Dice AGILE, AJAX, ANGULARJS, AWS, BUSINESS ANALYSIS, DEGREE, HTML, JAVA, JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY, NOSQL, REFACTORING, RUBY, RUBY ON RAILS, TDD, WEB DEVELOPMENT