Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 1 week ago
Principal UX Designer, AWS Applied AI Solutions
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$148K/yr - $244K/yr
12+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Principal UX Designer to shape the future of AI-native business applications. This role involves defining experience strategies, driving design standards, and mentoring other designers while influencing product and business strategy in the context of AI solutions.
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Responsibilities
Own the UX vision and strategy across multiple services and solutions, ensuring experiences are intuitive, elegant, and scalable
Set the bar for AI-native design by translating emerging AI capabilities into coherent, human-centered experiences that build trust and drive adoption
Influence product and business direction, working with senior leadership to identify opportunities where design and AI can transform customer outcomes
Define and drive cross-service design standards such as interaction models, experience principles, and reusable patterns to ensure consistency
Mentor and elevate the design org, coaching other designers and raising the overall quality of craft, storytelling, and execution
Prototype and explore new AI paradigms, collaborating with applied scientists and engineers to validate bold ideas and shape next-generation interfaces
Be a thought leader inside and outside AWS, evangelizing design excellence and the responsible adoption of AI through storytelling, writing, and cross-org forums
Qualification
Required
12+ years in UX design, with a track record of leading large-scale, complex, customer-facing services
Proven ability to define and execute design strategies at scale, balancing user needs, technical constraints, and business goals
Strong systems thinker, capable of architecting frameworks and reusable solutions that unify experiences across diverse services
Demonstrated success in influencing senior leaders and driving alignment across multiple organizations
Exceptional storytelling skills, including visual, verbal, and written, able to inspire and align both executives and builders
Experience mentoring and elevating senior-level design talent
Familiarity with AI-assisted design workflows and the ability to collaborate with applied science and ML teams
Preferred
Proven track record shipping AI-first or AI-powered products that solved meaningful customer problems
Experience designing for trust, transparency, and human-in-the-loop systems
Ability to prototype and explore with LLMs, intelligent agents, or other AI frameworks
Strong background in data-informed design, leveraging UX research, analytics, and A/B testing to drive decisions
Thought leadership in emerging technologies and design practices, with published talks, writings, or community engagement
A visionary mindset, coupled with the ability to dive deep and sweat the details that make an experience exceptional
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Company
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing.
10001+ employees
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BIRD Foundation
2025-01-22Grant
Leadership Team
Matt Garman
Chief Executive Officer
Anand Desikan
CTO, CXO Advisor, and Enterprise Technologist
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