UX Architect, Design Systems

Amazon - Newark, NJ

Full-time

Newark, NJ

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

As a UX Architect at Audible, you will play a crucial role in revolutionizing the storytelling experience by crafting refined reusable interface elements and enhancing usability across various platforms including iOS, Android, Web, and Alexa. Your work will involve transforming customer insights into innovative user experiences, fostering collaboration, and continuously evolving the user experience to unleash the power of audio storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Deeply understand product entities, business domains, and team needs to architect flexible design systems.
• Architect design systems, component libraries, patterns, and guidelines to effectively model product experiences.
• Collaborate closely with product teams to ensure design systems meet present and future requirements.
• Define standards, conventions, and vision for cohesive yet adaptable design systems.
• Establish principles that enable creative freedom while maintaining consistency and scalability.
• Collaborate with engineering on design system architecture feasibility and implementation.
• Conduct design reviews to ensure adherence to system architecture and provide guidance.
• Continuously evolve design systems based on new insights from product, technology, and research.
• Educate cross-functional partners on design system architecture, usage, and best practices.

Requirements

• 8+ years of design experience.
• Available online portfolio showcasing design work.
• Experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, and prototyping in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax.
• Experience in design systems, pattern libraries, component modeling, and architecture.
• Understanding of software architecture, APIs, coding patterns, and practices.
• Ability to create overarching models and standards for representing complex product domains.
• Experience architecting and evolving design systems for large-scale product ecosystems.

Nice-to-haves

• Background in re-platforming design systems or redesigning foundational architectures.
• Proficiency with design tools for design systems (e.g., Figma, Sketch).
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills to simplify architectural concepts.
• Ability to blend high-level strategic vision with implementation-focused design.
• Strong systems thinking and talent for establishing scalable conventions.

Benefits

• Diverse and inclusive workplace culture.
• Equal opportunity employer with accommodations for individuals with disabilities.