Front-End Engineer

Build the video advertising experiences that connect brands with shoppers across Amazon - creating relevant, engaging, and visually rich ad formats that make shopping beautiful, delightful, and personal. You'll architect scalable front-end solutions that handle high traffic volumes and seamlessly integrate video ad experiences into Amazon Retail pages.

The Sponsored Brands Video team within Sponsored Products and Brands is on a mission to make Amazon the best-in-class destination for shoppers to discover, engage, and build affinity with brands through video. We own the design, development, and implementation of Sponsored Brands Video experiences worldwide. You'll work with a talented team of engineers, scientists, and designers to bring new video ad products to market - optimizing playback performance, implementing innovative front-end features, and ensuring customers are delighted by what we create.

Key job responsibilities

- Lead the development of innovative front-end features for Sponsored Products and Brands Video, enhancing the online shopping experience

- Architect scalable solutions that handle evolving ad creatives and high traffic volumes

- Work with page owners to seamlessly integrate ad experiences into Amazon Retail

- Collaborate with UX/UI teams to implement designs that make video advertising visually compelling and intuitive

- Optimize website and video playback performance to ensure fast load times and smooth user interactions

- Mentor junior developers and contribute to a culture of learning and growth

A day in the life

You'll work with a talented team of engineers, scientists, and designers bringing new video ad products to market worldwide - from prototyping innovative video formats to optimizing playback performance across devices. Every day is focused on ensuring shoppers are delighted by the experiences we create.

About the team

The Sponsored Brands Video team within Sponsored Products and Brands creates relevant and engaging video experiences, connecting advertisers and shoppers. We are on a mission to make Amazon the best in class destination for shoppers to discover, engage and build affinity with brands, making shopping beautiful, delightful, & personal.

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through innovative generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising.

Basic qualifications

- 3+ 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

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually