Amazon · 1 month ago
Principal UX Designer, AWS Applied AI Solutions
Sunnyvale, California, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$148K/yr - $244K/yr
12+ years expAmazon is a leading provider of business applications through AWS Applied AI Solutions, aiming to deliver innovative technology solutions to customers worldwide. The Principal UX Designer will shape the future of AI-native business applications, influencing design strategies and mentoring other designers while collaborating with various teams to enhance user experiences.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Own the UX vision and strategy across multiple services and solutions, ensuring experiences are intuitive, elegant, and scalable
Set the bar for AI-native design by translating emerging AI capabilities into coherent, human-centered experiences that build trust and drive adoption
Influence product and business direction, working with senior leadership to identify opportunities where design and AI can transform customer outcomes
Define and drive cross-service design standards such as interaction models, experience principles, and reusable patterns to ensure consistency
Mentor and elevate the design org, coaching other designers and raising the overall quality of craft, storytelling, and execution
Prototype and explore new AI paradigms, collaborating with applied scientists and engineers to validate bold ideas and shape next-generation interfaces
Be a thought leader inside and outside AWS, evangelizing design excellence and the responsible adoption of AI through storytelling, writing, and cross-org forums
Qualification
Required
12+ years in UX design, with a track record of leading large-scale, complex, customer-facing services
Proven ability to define and execute design strategies at scale, balancing user needs, technical constraints, and business goals
Strong systems thinker, capable of architecting frameworks and reusable solutions that unify experiences across diverse services
Demonstrated success in influencing senior leaders and driving alignment across multiple organizations
Exceptional storytelling skills, including visual, verbal, and written, able to inspire and align both executives and builders
Experience mentoring and elevating senior-level design talent
Familiarity with AI-assisted design workflows and the ability to collaborate with applied science and ML teams
Preferred
Proven track record shipping AI-first or AI-powered products that solved meaningful customer problems
Experience designing for trust, transparency, and human-in-the-loop systems
Ability to prototype and explore with LLMs, intelligent agents, or other AI frameworks
Strong background in data-informed design, leveraging UX research, analytics, and A/B testing to drive decisions
Thought leadership in emerging technologies and design practices, with published talks, writings, or community engagement
A visionary mindset, coupled with the ability to dive deep and sweat the details that make an experience exceptional
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Other forms of compensation
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
Recent News
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