Description

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

We are seeking a talented and passionate senior user experience designer to join our growing design and research studio here at Amazon Web Service (AWS). AWS provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world.

Our UX team works to enable our users, from big enterprises to your next-door neighbor, to harness the power of the cloud. If you want to work on some of the world’s biggest design challenges, and make tools that builders will use to create the great products of tomorrow, join our team.

You as a user experience designer will have a significant impact on our business as you will contribute to the design direction for the Perimeter protection group. This group is responsible for securing customers networks and protecting their applications and IT environments with AWS network firewall tooling. In an age where it is increasingly common to hear about hacks and data leaks, you will get to explore the complex space of networking and security and build products and services that will help make the web a secure place for everyone.

Throughout the strategy, design, and development lifecycle, you will work collaboratively with a strong design team, engineers, product managers, and executives. In addition, you will be expected to be a design thought leader and mentor other designers.

We care about your career growth. Once you join the team, you and your manager will jointly craft a career plan and you'll review it regularly to ensure you're on track to meet your goals. Whether your goals are to explore new technologies, take on bigger opportunities, or get to the next level, we'll help you get there. Our business is growing fast and our people will grow with it.

Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead the design of useful, usable, and desirable products in a team environment. Work with leadership in design planning and goal creation.

• Understand customers and their needs through market analysis, customer research, and feedback.

• Use business requirements to assist in developing use cases and high-level requirements.

• Design the architecture, interface, and interaction flow of services and experiences.

• Develop personas, customer journey maps, conceptual diagrams, wireframes, and prototypes.

• Facilitate the design process, present and iterate design solutions.

• Craft, pitch, and validate long-term design strategies.

• Continually iterate and evolve the way we design for and learn from our customers.

• Chart a course for yourself and others in ambiguous situations. Mentor and develop designers within your own organization and beyond.

About the team

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of design experience

• Have an available online portfolio

• Experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and prototyping in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax

• Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps

• Experience designing in an agile development environment

• Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity

• Experience working with stakeholders to plan and execute programs that are strategic in nature

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying scrum to visual or UX design processes

• Experience with UX design of complex workflows

• Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design

• Knowledge of usability principles and techniques

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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $113,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $211,600/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.