We’re seeking an inventive and skilled Sr UX Designer to join our team at Amazon Devices Lab126. This role is on a special projects team, whose charter is to invent & bring to market transformational consumer products using advanced technologies. Amazon Devices (Lab126) began with the Kindle e-reader, and now invents & develops products like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Echo smart speakers, Echo Show smart displays, the Amazon Glow projector, Echo Frames smart audio glasses, and the Amazon Astro robot. We’re at the forefront of ambient computing, a new paradigm where technology is always present, interaction is intuitive, and it disappears when not in use. If you are excited about inventing the future of spatial computing and shipping your ideas to millions worldwide, we’d love to meet you.
Key job responsibilities
– Create a variety of designs, including low-fidelity wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, interactive prototypes, and detailed specs for every phase of product development.
– Collaborate closely with an integrated team of UX design, UX motion, UX research, and product management to use design thinking to innovate for customers.
– Provide real-time feedback to engineering by evaluating prototypes and internal builds to improve or simplify the design spec based on technical limitations or new information.
– Become a domain expert through daily use of prototypes, competitive, and complementary products to develop a deep product intuition.
– Collaborate on quantitative & qualitative user research programs to evaluate your designs and to drive product decisions. Regularly talk with customers, document insights, and champion features & improvements.
– Use design reviews & critique to drive continuous improvement towards a minimal, polished, and delightful user experience.
About the team
We thrive on creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning. You will work directly with a talented team across UX design, UX research, design technology, and product management. We are anchored in San Francisco, with additional offices in Sunnyvale, and Seattle. We work three days a week in the office.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
San Francisco, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA | Sunnyvale, CA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– 6+ years of design experience
– Have an available online portfolio
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– Experience with UX design of complex workflows
– Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards
– Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, InVision, or similar
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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.