Front-End Engineer, AWS Holmes

Amazon.com Inc

Austin, TX

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Computing, Code Reviews, Content Delivery/Distribution, Customer Experience, Customer/Client Research, Editing, Instrumentation, Knowledge Transfer, Maintain Compliance, Mentoring, Performance Analysis, Process Improvement, Product Demonstration, Product Lifecycle, Prototyping, Quality Assurance, Reporting Dashboards, Requirements Management, Scalable System Development, Startup, Team Player, Test Plan/Schedule, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Web Browsers, Workflow Analysis
LOCATION
Austin, TX
POSTED
10 days ago

Own the front-end architecture for the next generation of AWS Holmes, AWS"s GenAI-powered content quality platform. You"ll build production interfaces in React and TypeScript on the AWS Cloudscape Design System, turning agentic prototypes into self-service rubric management workflows and human-in-the-loop evaluation experiences that serve builders across the company. Holmes processes over 10 million scans annually, and this role leads the UI work that brings rubric creation, testing, and publishing directly to program owners at Amazon scale.

Key job responsibilities

  • Lead front-end development for the next generation of Holmes, building a scalable rubric management platform in React and TypeScript on the AWS Cloudscape Design System
  • Transform CDS agent pattern prototypes into production-grade, accessible UI frames - conversational rubric creation, interactive rule testing, and guided workflows
  • Build self-service rubric management: end-to-end creation, rule editing with live preview, draft/publish lifecycle, evaluation dashboards, and scan report previews
  • Design human-in-the-loop evaluation surfaces: diff-style content mutation views, batch review interfaces, and feedback collection that drives rubric improvement
  • Deliver platform UX for program integrations: simplified scan workflows, finding annotations, collaborative sharing, team permissions, and real-time scan status
  • Own front-end operational excellence: performance monitoring, accessibility compliance , CloudWatch RUM instrumentation, and cross-browser validation

A day in the life

You work with product managers to understand customer experiences and translate requirements into solutions. You create interactive prototypes and participate in user research sessions to validate design decisions early. You write HLD and spec documents for new features, align with backend engineers on API contracts, and implement production components in React and TypeScript. You attend team operational excellence sessions and knowledge transfer meetings, contribute to team demos showcasing new capabilities, and present your work in internal tech talks. You review teammates" code for accessibility and component quality, and you investigate front-end observability alerts to maintain a reliable user experience.

About the team

The Holmes team builds and operates a comprehensive security scanning and quality assurance platform that enables AWS builders to identify and remediate security risks early in the development lifecycle. Holmes accelerates secure content delivery by providing automated scanning, GenAI-powered quality validation, and early feedback mechanisms that protect millions of AWS training experiences and internal/external content at scale.

Our platform currently:

  • Processed 10.58 million scans across 79.57 million files in 2025
  • Serves individual builders and services alike across 141+ departments

About AWS

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

About the Company

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Amazon.com Inc

At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

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COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1994
WEBSITE
http://Amazon.com/militaryroles