Description

Want to help designers and developers be more effective? We’re a collaborative team of UX designers, researchers, and front-end engineers who own the design system for Amazon Advertising, used by hundreds of Amazonians around the world to build experiences for advertising customers. As our founding Senior Design Technologist (DT), you’ll help us define and deliver tools that streamline design and research workflows, and improve the exchange between designers and engineers.

You’ll build and maintain new web and native-based applications, create services, and launch plugins for existing design tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, and Framer). These solutions will require connections to 1P and 3P APIs/endpoints, clear documentation, and presentations to internal users. You’ll exercise your curiosity, creativity, and ownership. You’ll have a say in how we invest our time and energy. Your love of invention and experimentation will be key.

This role can be located in Seattle, WA

Key job responsibilities

• Actively participate in concept development and design ideation as part of a cross-functional team.

• Rapidly build and iterate on high quality, functional prototypes that express design intent, using the best and most appropriate tools and techniques for the task.

• Partner with engineers to ensure that innovative techniques and technologies translate into scalable tools and services.

• Partner with design, writers, and research to create realistic prototypes to test with end customers.

• Advance design thinking through your knowledge of platform capabilities and limitations as you support your design team and work with partner engineering teams.

• Lead large, wide impact DT projects. Examples could include a specific tool or service that supports many disparate areas of the site or product line.

• Lead others and set direction in the face of ambiguity.

• Evaluate and document any new creative and/or engineering standards or patterns that could arise from your work.

• Proactively mentor and develop other Designers and Design Technologists.

• Effectively present work to all levels of leadership.

About the team

At Amazon we put our customers first in everything we do—and our advertising programs are no exception. We’re building solutions that enable brands to connect with their customers wherever they shop, read, watch, or share online. The Advertising UX team excels at distilling the needs of a diverse customer base into elegant, innovative experiences that help advertisers do their jobs better. We’re looking for a new teammate who is enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, reliable, and able to work effectively with a diverse team of peers; someone who will help us amplify the positive and inclusive team culture we’ve been building.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of front-end technologist, engineer, or UX prototyper experience

• Have an available online portfolio

• Have coding samples in front end programming languages

• Experience developing visually polished, engaging, and highly fluid UX prototypes

• Experience collaborating with UX, Product, and technical partners

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with machine learning (ML) tools and methods

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.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,900/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.