The Role
Based in Paris as a web developer for Amazon.fr, I was selected to travel to Seattle to work with the US Electronics team on their new templating engine. After learning the system hands-on with the Seattle team, I returned to France to implement it on the French website and train the rest of the Paris team.
This cross-continental collaboration extended to working with the Japanese team to support the launch of Amazon.co.jp.
Key Contributions
- Amazon.fr Launch: Core web developer for Amazon's French market entry
- Templating Engine Implementation: Traveled to Seattle to learn the US Electronics team's new templating system firsthand
- Knowledge Transfer: Returned to Paris to implement the templating engine and train the French development team
- Amazon.co.jp Support: Collaborated with the Japanese team on their market launch
- Cross-Team Bridge: Served as technical liaison between US, French, and Japanese engineering teams
Knowledge Transfer
sequenceDiagram
participant Paris as Paris Team
participant Seattle as Seattle (US Electronics)
participant Japan as Japan Team
Paris->>Seattle: Travel to learn templating engine
Seattle-->>Paris: Hands-on training
Paris->>Paris: Implement on Amazon.fr
Paris->>Paris: Train French team
Paris->>Japan: Support Amazon.co.jp launch
Lasting Impact
The Amazon experience shaped my approach to international engineering:
- Early exposure to building systems at global scale
- Understanding of how to bridge engineering teams across cultures and time zones
- Appreciation for knowledge transfer and team enablement
- Experience launching products in multiple international markets
- Foundation in e-commerce systems that serve millions of customers
gitGraph
commit id: "Seattle Training"
branch amazon-fr
commit id: "Implement FR"
commit id: "Train Paris Team"
checkout main
merge amazon-fr
branch amazon-jp
commit id: "Support JP Launch"
checkout main
merge amazon-jp
