DESCRIPTION Define and build the future of software development as powered by the most transformational technologies of our time! Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a talented and passionate UX Designer to join the Next Gen Developer Experience team. This designer will have a significant impact on our business as they contribute to the design direction of the future of all of Next Gen Developer Experience services and large scope unreleased products. This person will facilitate strategic design vision across multiple services and projects. Throughout the strategy, design, and development lifecycle, the designer will work collaboratively with a strong design team, engineers, product managers and executives in a highly visible role interfacing directly with their customers - passionate builders. In addition to these design responsibilities, you will be a pillar of design leadership within a larger multi-disciplinary design team and contribute to overarching design strategy, fundamental HCI & design research, and design innovation activities.
We are looking for a highly collaborative team player who is excited to work closely with a team of builders, designers, and product managers to create end to end workflows, detailed interaction design, and conceptual prototypes for new and existing experiences. You will utilize a broad set of design skills to take projects all the way from concept to creation. We are looking for UX designers who are obsessed with customers, innately curious and possess a natural inclination to lead design efforts.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead and improve upon our product design process starting from early research and hypothesis, through defining requirements, creating wireframes of user flows, and testing prototypes on actual users.
- Contribute to the product discovery process and assist in validating core product ideas.
- Effectively translate complex human workflows into simple and intuitive UI, ranging from small feature iterations to larger, complex, blue sky experiences.
- Work closely with PMs, Engineering, TPMs, and business stakeholders from ideation through post-launch. Embed themselves in the product and development teams processes to guide strategic decisions, lead early ideation, and smartly break visionary ideas into practical phases that still maintain a high bar of quality.
- Partner closely with UX Research to collaborate on research plans and clearly communicate the key research questions we need answers to. Can also independently utilize (or excited to learn) lean user research methods to make quick design decisions when needed. Can include interviews, observation sessions, and remote user tests, and able to synthesizes research findings to stakeholders.
- Adaptable design processes and tool skillset; Our team utilizes Figma to make design happen.
- Collaborate with fellow designers, able to give and receive feedback gracefully, and can act as a mentor to junior and non-senior designers.
- Think in design systems as you prioritize building accessible, scalable, and re-usable components for the next generation of our design library.
About the team
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We care about your career growth too. Once you join the team, you and your manager will jointly craft a career plan and you'll review it regularly to ensure you're on track to meet your goals. Whether your goals are to explore new technologies, take on bigger opportunities, or get to the next level, we'll help you get there. Our business is growing fast and our people will grow with it.
Work/Life Balance
It's not about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 5+ years of design experience
- 5+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience prototyping (HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash or Flash Catalyst, or Axure)
