Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Are you interested in building state of the art and scalable data platform that will power AWS Machine Learning services making a lasting impact on society?

The AWS Computer Vision Data Platform team is expanding to New York City! We are looking for talented software development engineers who has the passion to tackles ambiguous and challenging problems by bringing cutting edge deep learning technologies to customer facing computer vision products like Amazon Rekognition (https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/) and Amazon Textract (https://aws.amazon.com/textract/).

The mission of the AWS Computer Vision Data Platform team is to build an end to end data platform (data collection, selection/active learning, annotation and training) and feature specific annotation tooling to deliver high quality computer vision training datasets at scale. The team owns the systems and pipelines that enable data acquisition, ingestion, classification, visualization, annotation, training and evaluation and active learning.

In Front-end Software Engineer role, you will:
Operate at all levels, diving deep into the details while providing strategic inputs for the product
Design and build scalable User Experiences
Partner with research team to innovate and solve Computer Vision problems using ML
Lead small to midsize complex project from requirements through launch.
Work closely with data scientists, UX designers & Product Managers to develop the best user experience designs and solutions
Establish the best processes and drive improvements in design, development and operations.
Mentor and guide junior engineers on design, coding, troubleshooting and operational excellence

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with object-oriented design
2+ years of professional non-internship experience with front end, web or mobile software development using JavaScript, HTML and CSS
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
2+ years experience with web technologies, including HTML5, CSS 3.0 & JavaScript Libraries/Frameworks
Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language such as Java/Scala/Go/C/Python on Unix/Linux.
Experience in translating design mockups and prototypes into working applications
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Masters degree in Computer Science or related field
Strong problem solving and analytical abilities
Experience with highly distributed systems with focus on the front-end stack development
Experience with AWS technologies and frameworks.
Experience developing software using modern frameworks such as AngularJS, React, Spring or Node
Passion for usability and creating efficient, scalable user interfaces
Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills, with an enthusiastic attitude to support and resolve customer problems
Demonstrated leadership abilities in driving operational excellence and software engineering best practices
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