Company and Team Overview
Company: Amazon
Team: Career Canvas Team is the employee experience arm of Amazon’s People Experience and Technology (PXT) unit.
Assembled in the first half of 2024, the Career Canvas Team is devoted to creating a new route to go beyond the traditional career ladder progression of employees using novel and innovative tools and structures, such as Role Guidelines and Work Contributions.
Mission: Provide Amazon workers with occupational mobility at scale and efficiency.
Job Summary
As a Front End Engineer II, you will:
- Develop scalable and easy-to-use interfaces for career development tools.
- Work on impactful projects such as:
- Warm Hand Off (WHO): Enhancing employee transition support.
- Role Guidelines: Providing structured career pathways.
- Work Contributions Framework: Defining and showcasing contributions for career progression.
- Work in cross-functional groups to realize novel ideas in a dynamic, creative, and fun way.
Your work carries a clear potential to change the lives of millions of Amazon employees globally and the way internal employee experience is designed for the future.
Key Responsibilities
Collaboration:
- Collaborate on the design and implementation of new tools by working interdisciplinary with a panel of experts.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to obtain the best possible insights into what an employee will need to be successful and to provide solutions to them.
Frontend Development:
- Develop high-quality, testable, and maintainable user interfaces.
- Implement framework technologies (e.g., Angular, React, Node.js) to create interactive applications.
Problem-Solving and Mentorship:
- Solve complex problems with simple, scalable solutions.
- Mentor and guide team members, fostering innovation and collaboration.
Customer-Centric Innovations:
- Drive ideas that improve user experience across multiple touchpoints.
- Deliver products that simplify career navigation for Amazon employees.
Agile Development:
- Develop stable and scalable software in an agile way.
A Day in the Life
Main Activities:
- Enhance tools for Amazon employees to empower career progression.
- Design and implement large-scale frontend functionality for applications, such as Role Guidelines and Work Contributions.
- Tackle challenging problems to develop intuitive and scalable interfaces.
- Experience an active, unpredictable life and be part of a more intricate societal collective.
Basic Qualifications
Experience:
- At least 2+ years of continuous, full-time, non-internship experience programming front-end, web, or mobile software in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- 1+ year of professional experience on topics related to computer science, including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis.
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in JavaScript frameworks such as Angular and React.
Preferred Qualifications
Methodologies:
- 1+ years of experience in agile software development.
Technology Expertise:
- Capacity to gain a deep understanding of mainstream front-end technologies, e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js.
About the Team
A work group that is passionate about creating impactful, novel work tools that enhance employee career visibility and progress. The team focuses on tech development, collaborating with multiple stakeholders from Amazon to produce solutions that have the potential to be implemented by workers anywhere in the world. There is a strong emphasis on innovation, empowerment, and rapid, to-market iteration on high-impact, state-of-the-art solutions.
Compensation and Benefits
Base Salary Range:
- $223,600/year (highest market).
The salary varies depending on the area and is discussed according to the skill level, competence, and experience of the individual.
Total Compensation Package:
- May include equity, sign-on bonuses, and other financial benefits.
Major Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Paid parental leave, disability coverage, life insurance, and wellbeing programs.
Time Off:
- 10 paid holidays/year.
- 10 paid sick days/year.
- 17 days of Paid Personal Time that accrue as the term length grows.
Amazon’s Commitment to Inclusion
Amazon, Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer dedicated to creating diversity and inclusion across the workforce. Accommodations for disability, pregnancy, or other protected characteristics are provided at every stage of the recruitment and hiring process. For assistance, visit Amazon Accommodations.
Why Join Amazon’s Career Canvas Team?
- Lead workplace innovation in employee career development at one of the largest companies in the world.
- Work on projects that have great personal meaning and a positive effect on millions of people worldwide.
- Collaborate with a diverse team committed to inclusivity, teamwork, and empowerment.
The implementation of this work can help Amazon achieve its potential today and tomorrow.
