Senior Full-Stack Developer (E-Commerce)

As the Sr. Full-Stack Developer (E-commerce) of a new initiative at Bezos Academy, you will build an end-to-end technology solution that serves educational products for children and families. You are a hands-on, results-driven developer who will play a pivotal role in establishing our E-commerce technology foundation with a small team of founders.  Your work will combine digital experiences for families with analog activities for children. With a passion for software development craft and a mission-driven mindset, you will expand access to early childhood development programs for families of all kinds.

You have a track record of delivering end-to-end technology solutions that solve human problems.  You work resourcefully building and integrating across SaaS and PaaS products, using technology for real world impact despite constraints on time and resources. You have successfully built and operated multiple B2C web applications in collaboration with product managers, designers and business stakeholders. You are a developer with a customer mindset, preferring working demos over perfect plans. You are adept at working from scratch, resolving ambiguity, and iterating your way to customer love. You have hands-on experience across the entire web application stack, including front-end development, customer data management, customer identity and access management, API development, database development, and end-to-end operations. You know exceptional work when you see it and you instill this passion in others.

You will find yourself in a fast-paced, start-up environment where you will focus on inventing, measuring, and iterating for children. You are equally motivated by great products and great impact, deeply inspired by our focus on expanding access to quality early childhood education and experiences.

LOCATION

• Seattle, WA
• Relocation support is available for those willing to relocate to Seattle, WA.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

• This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, salaried position.
• The full salary range for this position in Seattle, WA is $157,000 - $251,000 per year. The upper third of the salary range is typically reserved for employees who have been in the role for multiple years and have demonstrated strong performance over time. Starting salary will vary by qualifications and prior experience.
• This role includes 15 paid days of vacation, 4 days of paid personal time off, 7 paid days of sick (care) time, 9 paid holidays, 5 paid days off for an organization-wide winter break, and additional time off if required by applicable law. Benefits for this role include medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with a 4% employer contribution match, paid parental leave, an employer-matched flexible spending account for dependent care, and more. Please see here for details.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Eight or more years of relevant experience in full-stack software engineering
• Proven track record of building scalable web applications by deploying React apps on AWS infrastructure
• Proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript and NodeJS
• Experience developing REST or GraphQL APIs and integrating with third-party SaaS/PaaS
• Proficiency working with both non-relational and relational databases
• Experience with DevOps, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), and test automation
• Experience with on-call support of production systems
• Ability to speak, read, and write English fluently

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with AWS technology like AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon EventBridge, Amazon SQS, Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, AWS CDK, and Amazon CloudWatch
• Experience implementing microservices and serverless architecture
• Familiarity with handling personally identifiable information (PII)
• Understanding of secure applications and APIs
• Experience with database technology like PostgreSQL and Amazon DynamoDB

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