Amazon
Senior UX Designer, AWS Developer Experience
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Description
Are you passionate about empowering developers to build innovative solutions on the cloud? The AWS Developer Experience team is seeking a driven, talented, and experienced US Designer to transform the way technical builders learn, experiment, and interact with AWS through their careers.
You will be responsible for bringing new developer-focused experiences to life, and shaping how AWS builds effective relationships with new to cloud and experienced AWS developers. In this role you will partner with product management, engineering, research, and the Developer Experience team to innovate and build an experience for the AWS developer community.
You'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact by developing and launching a community program that inspires and empowers technical builders.
Key job responsibilities
Understand customers and their needs through market analysis, customer research, and feedback.
Use business and high level requirements to design the architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new features and experiences.
Develop personas, customer journey maps, conceptual diagrams, wireframes, and prototypes.
Facilitate the design process, present and iterate design solutions.
Continually iterate and evolve the way we design for and learn from our customers.
About the team
Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.
Basic Qualifications
8+ years of design experience
Have an available online portfolio
Experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and prototyping in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax
Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design
Preferred Qualifications
Experience applying scrum to visual or UX design processes
Experience with UX design of complex workflows
Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards
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.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $211,600/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.
Are you passionate about empowering developers to build innovative solutions on the cloud? The AWS Developer Experience team is seeking a driven, talented, and experienced US Designer to transform the way technical builders learn, experiment, and interact with AWS through their careers.
You will be responsible for bringing new developer-focused experiences to life, and shaping how AWS builds effective relationships with new to cloud and experienced AWS developers. In this role you will partner with product management, engineering, research, and the Developer Experience team to innovate and build an experience for the AWS developer community.
You'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact by developing and launching a community program that inspires and empowers technical builders.
Key job responsibilities
Understand customers and their needs through market analysis, customer research, and feedback.
Use business and high level requirements to design the architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new features and experiences.
Develop personas, customer journey maps, conceptual diagrams, wireframes, and prototypes.
Facilitate the design process, present and iterate design solutions.
Continually iterate and evolve the way we design for and learn from our customers.
About the team
Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.
Basic Qualifications
8+ years of design experience
Have an available online portfolio
Experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and prototyping in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax
Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design
Preferred Qualifications
Experience applying scrum to visual or UX design processes
Experience with UX design of complex workflows
Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards
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.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $211,600/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.