Front End Engineer, Security Issue Management, Defensive Security
DESCRIPTION
Security Issue Management team in Defensive Security builds solutions that keep Amazon systems and data secure on behalf of Amazon customer. Our customers range from security engineers who need a comprehensive understanding of Amazon systems and their security state, to service teams who need solutions that make it easy to build and operate secure systems. We use the latest technology, including AWS, to solve security problems at Amazon scale. We employ automation and machine learning to reduce, or eliminate, manual effort to help our internal customers raise the security bar.
We have bold goals to stay ahead of the curve on security and delight our customers with great products. If you like solving hard problems and developing solutions that are highly scalable and high performing, that require minimal long-term sustaining and development support, then you may be the person we're looking for!
Security Issue Management team is looking for a customer focused, detail oriented, experienced Front-End Engineer to join our team. This team will be responsible to build the security console for entire Amazon that will be used by leaders, security engineers, service teams to understand the security posture of their org or team and drive actions to raise the overall security bar.
Key job responsibilities
As an engineer on Security Issue Management engineering team, your job will be to work with an outstanding development team to implement a first-in-class experience for customers. You will work with Product and UX teams and own solutions from design and execution through deployment and support, using the best of available tools. You will be responsible for holding the code quality high, even as we optimize our development processes to better serve our customers.
A day in the life
• You are a quick learner who can adapt to new technologies seamlessly.
• You can identify problems before they happen and implement solutions that detect and prevent outages.
• You must be able to accurately prioritize projects, make sound judgments, work to improve the customer experience, and get the right things done.
• You can translate high level UI requirements into modularized re-usable components.
• Make use of the CDD methodology to build UI from scratch, making use of open-source tools / libraries as well as enterprise tools as required.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training and Career growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent AND 3+ years of professional front end development experience
- Experience developing with MVC/MVM frameworks (e.g. React.JS, AngularJS, Vue)
- UX design skills, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to rapidly prototype and adjust in response to customer feedback
- Coding practices including peer code reviews, unit testing, and a preference for agile development
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience building scalable, distributed, front-end experiences and reusable UX components or libraries.
- Understands how to optimize the delivery of code and assets to a browser or device.
- Proficient in software design approaches and common UX patterns
- Knows when to use front-end software design pattern.
- Ability to decompose a problem into clear software and UX design actions.
- Ability to articulate the benefits and challenges of depending on front-end libraries, frameworks, and toolsets.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.