We are seeking a customer-obsessed Senior User Experience Designer to define, articulate, and champion the experience of Kiro. Kiro is a group of products and solutions that enable agentic AI development.
In this role, you will excel at investigating, understanding, and designing experiences that solve complex customer problems through innovative solutions. Your passion is translating abstract concepts into solid design deliverables such as complex workflows, wireframes, user interface designs, interaction models, and prototypes.
The ideal candidate approaches challenges with clarity and empathy, inspires others, and is driven to solve problems at a massive scale. As a hands-on creative leader, you will establish a vision and strategy, always putting the needs of our customers first.
In this cross-functional role, you will collaborate with product teams, engineering teams, and executive leadership to identify and execute on opportunities. You will distill customer insights into actions that benefit the organization, serving as the voice of the customer with senior leadership.
If you are passionate about using design to inform early strategic decision-making, enjoy working closely with diverse and highly skilled teams, and want your efforts to translate into real impact in the cutting-edge field of agentic AI, we encourage you to apply.
Key job responsibilities
- Own and drive the end-to-end design process for major features or product areas of Kiro
- Create and validate design solutions through customer research, data analysis, and iterative testing
- Develop detailed interaction models, user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes
- Partner effectively with product management and engineering to ensure successful delivery
- Influence product strategy through strong design rationale and customer advocacy
- Mentor junior designers and contribute to raising the design bar across teams
- Define and document design patterns that can scale across multiple products
- Balance customer needs with technical constraints while maintaining a high bar for quality
- Present work to senior stakeholders and incorporate feedback effectively
About the team
You'll join a dynamic, growing UX team within the AWS Agentic organization that supports each other's development and is passionate about creating exceptional developer experiences. Our team includes designers and researchers across the Kiro product suite. We offer mentorship, autonomy, and opportunities to contribute to our collaborative culture while working on some of the most exciting challenges in developer tools and AI-assisted development.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of design experience
- Experience with UX design of complex workflows
- Have an online portfolio or samples of work on resume, demonstrating experience creating great end-to-end, user-centered design solutions and patterns, across desktop and mobile devices
- Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design
- Experience with AI/ML technologies
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with stakeholders to plan and execute programs that are strategic in nature
- Experience in designing products and tools for developers
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 137,800.00 - 186,400.00 USD annually
