About this role
Amazon launched the Climate Pledge Friendly program in 2020 and is continuing to grow with new features and transparency to help customers make more sustainable and environmentally friendly purchase decisions. Are you interested in building experiences that not only can delight customers, but also have an impact on Amazon's global impact? The CPF engineering team is looking for a Software Development Engineer who will be responsible for designing and developing engaging and innovative shopping experiences focused on sustainable products. We are a full stack team, operating across desktop and mobile experiences and as an up-and-coming team, have manageable low-and-high severity operations loads. We have two meeting-minimal days per week (to reduce disruption) and a relaxed and friendly working environment that encourages work-life balance. Our organization is people-centric and we're excited to support you in growing your skill set and achieving your career goals. We are open to domestic or international relocations and full remote positions. If that sounds like the work environment you'd be excited to be a part of, or if you are interested in shaping Amazon's commitment to make it easy for customers to discover and shop for more sustainable products, come join us! If you'd like to learn more about the challenges we're tackling... Climate Pledge Friendly helps customers discover and shop for more sustainable products. Our team does the hard work on behalf of the customer, identifying sustainable products in the shopping experience. Launched in 2020, we partnered with trusted third-party certifications and created our own certification, Compact by Design, to highlight products that meet sustainability standards and help preserve the natural world. As we continue to onboard new product and certification partners we are committed to building a sustainable business for our customers and the planet. Our team is focused on building scalable solutions to identify and engage with customers. Opening the door to help customers identify sustainable products and make informed buying decisions is the backbone of the Climate Pledge Friendly program, and through these improvements the team will tackle global challenges. We have designed our technical architecture with the objective of scaling to deliver features across a wide set of user experiences and capabilities. Our architecture supports rapid experimentation, global deployments, and integration across Amazon services. Our goal is to: Provide objective and transparent information that helps guide our customers in their purchase decision making process. Improve the customer's search and browse experience on the website by providing relevant information about a product's environmental impact. While considering the technical constraints and requirements of: Amazon scale systems; All our technology needs to work at scale, serving hundreds of millions of customers with millisecond level latency. Big data & analytics; Amazon is data driven and a strong data backbone is necessary in our systems. We build up core AWS services such as EC2, S3, and DynamoDB, and leverage these services to inform our development efforts User interface & web development; Our team creates dynamic frontend experiences using core technologies such as JQuery, Horizonte, React, and more.