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Amazon UX Designer II, ASBX Design & User Research in Seattle, Washington
Description
Amazon Software Builder Experience has a mission to make Amazon the best place to be a software builder. It was established in 2022, bringing together existing and new teams with a focus on modernizing processes and tools. The organization is invested in deeply understanding the software builder experience in order to uncover areas of opportunity to improve it through tooling or process. As a UX Designer, you will collaborate with a team of brilliant designers, researchers, engineers, and product leaders to understand, envision, and deliver elegant solutions to customer problems across teams and products at ASBX.
Key job responsibilities
Produce user flows, wireframes, prototypes, user interface specifications, and final graphics
Drive the development and communication of design guidelines, patterns, and libraries
Collaborate with UX Researchers to initiate and navigate testing processes and perform metrics analysis to inform design/UX optimization efforts
Help create the vision for developing, communicating, and implementing the user experience and associated UI framework and assets on a range of products; follow through with the processes and tactics to implement the vision
Partner with the technology team to ensure we leverage the scale offered by our platform without compromising on core experiential principles
Partner with others in the broader design community to develop and extend the experience across the array of offerings
A day in the life
You'll meet with product and engineering stakeholders to discuss projects, review documents, and attend meetings with leadership to ensure design thinking is applied to our development processes. You'll produce designs and share them with the UX team for cross-organizational improvements on workflows that span across our suite of tools, and most likely will spend some time socializing with your stakeholders/peers over lunch.
About the team
Understanding that our org has the mandate to make software building awesome for all software builders, our close-knit team of designers and researchers are making that first we build more robust tools. More importantly, we're incorporating the best UX practices into how we build those tools such that they can be scaled out and applied by all Amazonians to make their output truly resonate with customers.
And even though we represent 50 products, the UX team meets twice-weekly to share ideas and work so we can cross-inform product recommendations for our entire portfolio.
We also look for opportunities to socialize regularly, regardless of where everyone may be geographically. We have a lot of growth opportunity ahead, for our products, the orgs we support, our team, and individual careers.
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
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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.
This team is part of AWS Utility Computing:
Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
Basic Qualifications
Must have an online portfolio that demonstrates UX and user-centered design expertise through mockups, style guides, prototypes, and other artifacts
4+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role
3+ years of experience designing for web-based, responsive, and accessible applications
Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or 5+ years equivalent professional experience
Preferred Qualifications
A master’s degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or related UX degree
Experience working with design tools like Figma, Sketch, XD, or Illustrator.
Web-based application development experience. Experience may include the ability to deliver production-ready artifacts or prototypes in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. React-based application experience ideal.
Experience working in a collaborative creative team
Experience working directly with developers for implementation of designs
Strong written and verbal communications skills including presentation skills
Experience with the current state of web technology and best practices
Experience with various standard design tools such as Figma, InVision, Sketch, or Framer
Demonstrated history of making data-driven decisions
Demonstrated proficiency in using and contributing to (atomic) design systems, both for consistency of brand/user experience and for efficiency in code.
Demonstrated proficiency in best practices for web-based application information architecture, design patterns, usability principles, and techniques
Demonstrated history of performing user research or gathering quantitative customer data
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $106,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $184,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.