Front End Engineer II, Amazon Leo
Posted by David C.
Frontend Engineer at Amazon
“David C., a frontend engineer on the team, says they are hiring two mid-level frontend engineers in Redmond for the customer-facing Amazon Leo console. Because of export-control rules, candidates must be U.S. citizens or green card holders. He is happy to chat with anyone interested and linked two Amazon job listings.”
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Onsite
Redmond, Washington, United States
Mid (2+ yrs)
Yesterday
Quick Take
Mid-level frontend role at Amazon Leo, on-site in Redmond, Washington, for engineers with 2+ years of experience in React, Next.js and core web skills. Export-control rules limit it to U.S. citizens and green card holders. An engineer on the team posted it on LinkedIn and offered to talk with interested candidates.
🚨 Export control requirement: only U.S. citizens or nationals, U.S. permanent residents (green card holders), or people admitted to the U.S. as refugees or asylees are eligible.
🏢 About Amazon
Amazon runs businesses across e-commerce, cloud computing, devices and media. Amazon Leo is its project to put a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites into service, bringing fast, low-latency broadband to homes, schools, hospitals, businesses and government agencies that lack good connectivity.
🎯 The Role
As a Front End Engineer II you will help design and build the Console, the platform where Amazon Leo customers buy, manage and maintain their internet service. The team is adding customer features and growing, so there is still a lot of the product left to shape.
🛠️ Tech Stack
- React and Next.js
- JavaScript and TypeScript
- HTML and CSS
- Node.js
💼 What You'll Do
- Design and build scalable, highly available frontend features for the Console with React and Next.js
- Team up with backend, UX and product partners to settle open questions and ship complete features
- Review teammates' code and help keep the codebase consistent and high quality
- Take features from design through testing, deployment and production support, and fix problems at the root
- Write down how systems are built, tested and run, and help new teammates get productive fast
✅ What You'll Need
- At least 2 years of professional (non-internship) frontend, web or mobile development with JavaScript, HTML and CSS
- At least 1 year applying computer science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms
- Experience with a JavaScript framework such as React or Angular
- U.S. citizenship, permanent residency or refugee/asylee status (export control)
🌟 Nice to Have
- 1+ years working in an agile development process
- Experience with TypeScript and Node.js alongside HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Why This Role?
This listing comes straight from a hiring manager or recruiter post — not an ATS scrape. You can often reach out directly, and these roles move fast. The tech stack leans on React, Next.js, JavaScript and more. Tagged 💰 High Comp for above-market pay.
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