Amazon is hiring in Austin, TX (Yes, you read that right.)
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== Web Development Engineer, Austin, TX ==
Job Description
Amazon.com, along with being a retail and technology company, is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile devices like the Kindle family of products. We have worked to produce best-selling tablets with breakthrough hardware technology, e-readers that have revolutionized reading, and Fire TV, a tiny yet powerful way to watch the best movies and TV shows in the comfort of your living room. What will you help us create?
Work hard. Have fun. Make history.
Online and Device Services team owns critical applications and backend services. The team has the charter to innovate customer experience avenues that will push the boundaries of customer-device interaction of devices.
We are seeking an experienced Web Developer to design interfaces for our customer facing self-service tools and agent facing CRM system. We aim to build code we can reuse. The interfaces will be internationalized into multiple languages and will need to be optimized for a variety of devices. You should be a talented and experienced front-end developer with expertise in web UI and AJAX-based interactive application development. You should have a solid background in the fundamentals of software development, and have a deep understanding of best practices in various languages/technologies. You should love creating things and take great personal pride in building engaging and innovative interfaces.
Qualifications
· Experience in XHTML, Javascript, CSS and general Web 2.0 techniques
· Experience developing AJAX interfaces with AJAX libraries and frameworks (e.g. YUI, DOJO, JQuery, Prototype, etc.)
· Experience in a Unix/Linux environment
· 3+ years of software development experience
· Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications
· OO design and coding skills in Java
· Passion for creating efficient, scalable web interfaces
· Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g. PHP, Ruby) is a plus
· Experience in Struts, Swing or JSP
· Experience with AngularJS
· Understanding of web services technologies such as SOAP, HTTP, WSDL, XSD, and REST
· Degree preferably in computer science or a similar technical discipline
· Genuinely excited about technology, have a strong interest in learning about and playing with the latest technologies and building compelling web applications and UI
· Must be a self-starter and motivated
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Vet
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