Principal UX Designer, AWS Applied AI Solutions

AWS Applied AI Solutions is seeking a Principal UX Designer to shape the future of AI-native business applications at scale.

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

Requirements

• 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

Key Skills

• UX design
• Design strategy
• System thinking
• Storytelling
• Mentoring
• AI-native design

Benefits

• Base pay for this position ranges from $147,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $244,000/year in our highest geographic market
• Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package
• Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits