2023 Front End Engineer Intern

Job Description

Job ID: 2204369 | Amazon DS Ireland Limited

We’re on the lookout for the curious, those who think big and want to define the world of tomorrow. At Amazon, you will grow into the high impact, visionary person you know you’re ready to be. Every day will be filled with exciting new challenges, developing new skills, and achieving personal growth.

How often can you say that your work changes the world? At Amazon, you’ll say it often. Join us and define tomorrow.

Here, your voice and ideas can produce the breakthroughs. We think ahead and put long-term value over short-term wins. We believe in investing in your future. We want you to be the best version of yourself – to continuously evolve and improve. With us, you’ll get good at making fast decisions, taking calculated risks and fearlessly chasing excellence. We want to you to feel welcomed, included and valued right from the start. We know that your experiences will help us build a better world.

CloudWatch is an observability platform that gives customers actionable visibility into the health of their applications and the infrastructure that runs them. Key features include the storage and retrieval of data that make up the 3 key pillars of observability: logs, metrics and traces. CloudWatch also includes a presentation layer that helps customers make sense of this data through eye catching contextual visualisations. Teams in CloudWatch solve problems of massive telemetric data scale, distributed systems/cloud computing, data visualization, and user workflows.

We are currently looking for front-end developers to build world-class user interfaces for our customers. Are you interested in web technologies? Want to learn how to create the next generation of CloudWatch customer experiences? We are looking for smart, motivated Front-End Engineers passionate about delivering a world-class customer experience to help take CloudWatch to new heights.
If you have the skills and motivation for building high-performing, customer-friendly products that delight, and are interested in cutting-edge cloud computing at scale, this is the job for you.
Successful candidates for this position should have a strong interest in building web applications using current technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript, CSS; while also familiar with JavaScript frameworks such as React and Redux. Working with RESTful APIs and object-oriented programming is desired.
Equally important to these specific skills are a candidate’s ability to multi-task, quickly adapt to new development environments and changing business requirements, learn new systems, create reliable/maintainable code, and find creative and scalable solutions to difficult problems.
To qualify, applicants must currently be enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields at time of application.

Key job responsibilities
• Build reusable JavaScript components in React for use in our product and across AWS
• Deliver new user interfaces by using engineering designs and concepts
• Work closely with our Senior Engineers and stakeholders to deliver quality features to our customers
• Collaborate with the rest of the team on improvements for existing features
• Contribute to the development lifecycle, from concept through planning and implementation.

A day in the life
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfilment.

About the team
Inclusive Team Culture
Our team is intentional about attracting, developing, and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. Yes, we do get to build a really cool service, but we also think a big reason for that is inclusive and welcoming culture we try to cultivate every day.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We care about your career growth. Whether your goals are to explore new design concepts, take on bigger opportunities, or get to the next level, we’ll help you get there. Our business is growing fast and our people will grow with it.

If you’re insatiably curious and always want to learn more, then you’ve come to the right place. Depending on your location, country, job status and other requirements, some or all of the following benefits may be available to you as a graduate starter.

• Competitive pay
• At Amazon, most employees have the ability to become owners of the company through the granting and vesting of Restricted Stock Units (RSU’s)
• Hybrid working (team dependent)
• Dynamic work spaces, with free fruit!
• Unlimited access to internal trainings
• Care for your overall wellbeing, with support for your physical and mental health
• Real opportunity to grow your career across the organization.

Applications and Assessment Process: Selected candidates will be invited to an online assessment, if successful you’ll attend a virtual interview consisting of a combination of interviews and case studies, focusing on our Leadership Principles. This selection process is subject to change and varies on role and location.

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and leveraging our unique perspectives to scale our impact and grow. Amazon has 13 affinity groups (https://www.aboutamazon.com/affinity-groups), sometimes known as employee resource groups, which bring employees together across businesses and locations around the world. With executive and company sponsorship, these groups play an important role in building internal networks for creating a community, advising Amazon business units, leading in service projects, and reaching out to communities where Amazonians live and work.

Want to know more about our opportunities? Visit our EMEA Student Programs Team Events page to register for one of our upcoming events: https://amazonstudentevents.splashthat.com/careers

If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT): https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/uk

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields at time of application
• Strong interest in building web applications using current technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript, CSS; while also familiar with JavaScript frameworks such as React and Redux
• Working with RESTful APIs and object-oriented programming is desired.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous technical internship(s)
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
• Adept at handling ambiguous or undefined problems as well as ability to think abstractly
• Experience with distributed multi-tiered systems, data structures and algorithmic complexity.
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Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT – 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial +44 800 086 9884 (tel:+448000869884). If calling from Ireland, please dial +353 1800 851 489 (tel:+3531800851489).