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Principal Design Technologist, AWS Search, Security, Observability, & Governance

Amazon 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America

Onsite $183,500 - $285,400 Full-time Principal

The Principal Design Technologist will serve as a technical advisor to innovate and validate novel interaction models for AWS SSOG. They will build high-fidelity prototypes and translate them into production-ready components for the Rhythm design system.

Responsibilities

  • Advise the Director of Design on technical feasibility of emerging interaction models
  • Prototype and validate agentic interaction patterns such as graduated autonomy and step‑level replay
  • Develop production‑ready Rhythm components on AWS Core
  • Build tooling and systems to scale interaction patterns across multiple products
  • Mentor designers and raise the technical bar across the organization

Requirements

  • Demonstrated portfolio of production‑grade interfaces for complex, data‑dense products
  • Expert front‑end engineering skills (React, TypeScript, HTML/CSS)
  • Experience building and scaling design‑system components
  • Ability to translate novel interaction concepts into shippable patterns
  • Staff/Principal‑level experience as a design technologist or similar role

Benefits

  • Sign‑on payments and RSUs
  • Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

Key Skills

React TypeScript HTML CSS Design systems Component library development High‑fidelity prototyping Agentic interaction design AI/ML assisted design tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro, v0) Accessibility standards Cross‑team collaboration Technical architecture User research Interaction design Design engineering Mentoring Agile methodology Problem solving Documentation

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