About amazon music
amazon music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, amazon music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode and top ad‑free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to amazon music unlimited for unlimited, on‑demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in hd, ultra hd, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the amazon music app or via alexa‑enabled devices. Learn more at https://www.amazon.com/music.
front‑end engineer – design systems & engineering
do you love music and are excited about building the future of music experiences? Are you driven by directly impacting the look and feel of customer‑facing applications? Do you want to collaborate with design and engineering experts to deliver technologies that help accelerate innovation at amazon? If so, the amazon music product design team is looking for a talented, passionate front‑end engineer with a track record of delivery, ownership and attention to detail that is excited to help us grow our design system and prototype new features that customers will love.
responsibilities
we’re growing quickly and hiring the best; this is day one. This front‑end engineer will support the design systems & engineering team focused on user‑interface development, prototyping, and tooling to deliver high quality user‑interfaces and user‑experiences for the amazon music app. The role requires adeptness at both application architecture and reusable component frameworks, understanding the intricacies of component design, while also creating and maintaining mechanisms to deliver high quality code – including libraries, motion frameworks and prototyping design explorations. You’ll work closely with a cross‑functional team of ux designers, motion designers, and other engineers to collaborate on feature designs, create prototypes, implement dynamic app animations, and contribute to the component library for our design system.
* work on our react native library of reusable foundations, components and patterns.
* develop an extensible motion framework to support our quality bar.
* create high‑fidelity prototypes to support our next generation experiences.
* write high‑quality, clean, efficient, performant, and well‑documented code to create reusable and modular components.
* document front‑end engineering best practices for other cross‑functional team members.
* participate in code reviews and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
* provide thorough unit and integration testing, and support products while deployed and used by our customers.
* balance constraints, limiting short‑term workarounds while focusing on future extensions.
* drive consensus between design, engineering and product owners.
a day in the life
our team is focused on balancing life with our work, and we do this via work autonomy and by putting focus on prioritizing solutions and processes that enable us to scale. Work hours are flexible and typically self‑defined.
one of the most exciting aspects of being on the amazon music creative team is the opportunity to partner closely with professionals across the full organization. The fast‑paced, collaborative environment means you’ll be working alongside engineering, product design, music industry, marketing, and creative rock stars who can help you accelerate your career, stretch your skills, and bring new ideas to market.
about the team
the design systems & engineering team is embedded within the product design team, striving and focusing on delivering high quality cx to our customers. The team builds our design system ui library, and builds and distributes prototypes that are used for innovation and user‑testing. We set the standard for the process, earning trust with all partners, biasing for action when working within tight parameters, and using sound judgment to make decisions in areas of ambiguity or uncharted territories. We partner with our engineering counterparts on the experience teams with the primary objective to enable the development of bar‑raising design for our apps.
basic qualifications
* 2+ years of non‑internship professional front end, web or mobile software development using javascript, html and css.
* knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence.
* computer science fundamentals in data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, complexity analysis, object‑oriented design, and design patterns.
preferred qualifications
* experience building performant cross‑platform mobile applications using react native and graphql.
* working knowledge of ios, android, macos, windows, linux and web platforms.
inclusive culture
our inclusive culture empowers amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your recruiting partner.
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