Senior UX Engineer

$138,800 - $239,900/Yr

Amazon - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

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About the position

As a Senior Design Technologist at Amazon's Devices and Services Design Group, you will play a pivotal role in the Futures Design team, focusing on creating innovative consumer products and services. Your expertise in front-end technology and UX prototyping will be essential in developing high-quality prototypes that advance the vision of future products. You will collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and engineers to bring design concepts to life, ensuring a user-centric approach throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Build high-quality, functional prototypes that convey, prove, and advance the vision of future products
• Collaborate with design leadership and key stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle
• Work alongside designers, PMs, engineers, and other experts to drive concepts from idea to implementation
• Advance design thinking by leveraging your platform expertise and supporting your team
• Continuously evaluate and document new standards or patterns that emerge from your work
• Thrive in a fast-paced, iterative environment with minimal documentation and technical support

Requirements

• 6+ years of front-end technologist, engineer, or UX prototyper experience
• Have coding samples in front end programming languages
• Have an available online portfolio
• Experience developing visually polished, engaging, and highly fluid UX prototypes
• Experience collaborating with UX, Product, and technical partners

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of databases and AWS database services: ElasticSearch, Redshift, DynamoDB
• Experience with machine learning (ML) tools and methods

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and other benefits
• Equity and sign-on payments as part of total compensation package