Amazon · 3 hours ago
Sr. Design Technologist, Elevated Shopping
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$139K/yr - $240K/yr
8+ years expAmazon is seeking a Sr. Design Technologist to join their Elevated Shopping team, which focuses on creating exceptional shopping experiences for Premium and Luxury brands. The role involves driving innovation in e-commerce content creation through GenAI and collaborating with artists and engineers to enhance content workflows.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Act as a bridge between art and engineering disciplines to solve multi-disciplinary problems
Seek out and develop solutions to resolve workflow bottlenecks or asset quality issues through standardization and automation
Collaborate with other Design Technologists and engineers to build and maintain a centralized suite of content creation products/tools
Work with art leadership to research and implement the latest industry trends that expand our production capabilities
Advise on the creation and maintenance of asset pipelines for partner teams looking to adopt 3D content
Qualification
Required
8+ years working in a computer-graphics related field (VFX, Games, Film, Motion Graphics) in a similar role (Tech Artist, Pipeline TD, Pipeline Engineer, Art Tools Engineer)
GenAI dev, exploration, and continuous curiosity
Deep understanding of content creation and delivery process
Proficiency in a modern programming language
Experience building and maintaining internal pipelines and toolsets, including user documentation and education
Experience designing and building artist tools that extend DCC (Digital Content Creation) software packages
Understanding of current generation of real-time and offline rendering and shader techniques
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred
Broad knowledge of Maya, Unreal, Blender, Houdini, and Adobe Substance Suite
Familiar and up to date with GenAI(ComfyUI)
Experience with VRay, Unreal, Unity, or equivalent renderers
Interest or experience with e-commerce rendering trends (WebGL, glTF)
Experience with Python/C++/C#/Java
Experience with render farms, distributed rendering, and cloud architecture
Experience extending creative project management tools (Jira, Shotgun, ftrack)
Experience working with global outsourcing and contract-based content creation teams
Ability to analyze and optimize assets for real-time rendering
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
A 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
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