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Web Development Engineers
Amazon Development Centre South Africa is looking for passionate, experienced software
developers to join us and help to solve a challenging set of problems in space packed full of
opportunities. Amazon Web Services
provides Amazon's developer customers with access
to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform,
which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. The Cape Town based
Development Center plays a key role in building the
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon
EC2).
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
is the web service that is pioneering cloud computing by
providing resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It gives any developer complete control of
their computing resources and lets them run on Amazon's proven computing environment. We
are continuing to build the team in order to expand on our feature set and manage our rapidly
increasing scale.
The ideal candidate is obsessive about creating the perfect user experience for millions of
users. Creating the perfect user experience on the web requires a blend of technical knowledge,
customer obsession and agility. Our web systems need to be extremely responsive and highly-
scalable. If these kinds of challenges interest you, drop us a line.
Job Description
- Analysis and design of new features and interfaces for the web
- Optimizing current products to improve its performance and usability
- Support, troubleshooting and resolving of critical issues in production
- Working with a team, to achieve the ultimate user experience
- Analyzing application and user metrics to define our team strategy
The following will ensure a successful application:
- At least a four year degree or diploma in Computer Science or Engineering
- Nuts and bolts understanding of the web including HTTP, HTML, CSS, Javascript
- Knowledge and appreciation of web standards
- Strong customer focus
- At least 2 years of practical experience building production web applications
- Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals
- Expertise in delivering high-quality, innovative applications
- Strong analytical skills with excellent problem solving abilities.
- Strong desire to build, sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
- Excellent written communication and verbal agility are strong assets.
Amazon.com offers a demanding,
exciting and rewarding experience, with opportunities to work
with the world's best computer scientists on some of the most interesting problems.
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