Web Development Engineer - Elasticsearch

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Are you interested in building out a cloud-scale log analytics and search platform? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage and derive insights from vast volumes of data in the cloud? Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on a large number of AWS users? Do you want to be part of a fast-growing AWS service and work in a fast paced startup style environment?

Amazon Elasticsearch Service makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale Elasticsearch for log analytics, application monitoring, full-text search, and more. Amazon Elasticsearch Service is a fully managed service that delivers Elasticsearch's easy-to-use APIs and real-time capabilities along with offering predictable performance and seamless scalability for production workloads.

At AWS, you'll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging the resources of Amazon.com (AMZN), one of the world's leading internet companies. The Amazon Elasticsearch Service team is part of the rapidly growing AWS Database and Analytics group. We are customer obsessed in a highly collaborative team-oriented environment.

The Amazon Elasticsearch Service team designs, develops and operates software that allows customers to index, search and analyze documents at scale in a secure, responsive, and reliable environment. The team is tackling tough data, search and analytics problems. As we expand at a tremendous rate, we are looking for innovative engineers with a passion for data, search, analytics and distributed systems to join the team.

The Amazon Elasticsearch Service team is looking for a passionate, experienced Web Development Engineer. Creating the perfect user experience in the web environment requires a blend of technical knowledge, customer obsession and agility. You should be somebody who is interested in how the various components (browsers, networks, protocols and web servers) work together, and understand how they can be effectively used together to create great user experiences. You will work closely with product managers, engineers, and customers to ensure we are delivering an interfaces that make it easy to do complex tasks without dumbing them down. If employing your skills at scale, and working in a dynamic and delivery focused environment interests you, this is the perfect role.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline (or the equivalent).
· Computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design.
· Comprehensive understanding of web development, including but not limited to HTML, CSS3, and JavaScript.
· Familiarity with responsive web design frameworks.
· Follows best coding practices, including peer code reviews and unit and integration tests.
· Writes sound code and is familiar with unit testing.