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Sr. Design Technologist, Advertising UX Design Systems

Amazon 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

Onsite $154,200 - $229,500 Full-time Senior

Define and deliver tooling solutions for the Storm design system to support designers and developers globally. Build AI-based ecosystems and functional prototypes to accelerate high-quality design and development workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in concept development and design ideation within cross‑functional teams
  • Rapidly build and iterate functional prototypes using appropriate tools and techniques
  • Interpret design intent, identify usability issues, and ensure design quality from concept to code
  • Partner with engineering to create scalable tools and services
  • Collaborate with design and research to produce realistic prototypes for user testing
  • Lead large‑impact design‑technologist projects and set direction amid ambiguity
  • Document new creative and engineering standards or patterns
  • Present work effectively to leadership

Requirements

  • 4+ years of front‑end technologist, engineer, or UX prototyper experience
  • Online portfolio with front‑end code samples
  • Experience building highly polished, fluid UX prototypes
  • Collaboration with UX, product, and technical partners
  • Knowledge of AWS database services (ElasticSearch, Redshift, DynamoDB) preferred
  • Experience with machine learning tools and methods preferred

Benefits

  • Sign‑on payments and RSUs
  • Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program and mental health support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave

Key Skills

Front‑end development HTML CSS JavaScript React TypeScript Design systems Prototyping Figma plugin development UX research User‑centered design Interaction design Visual design AI‑based tooling Machine learning basics AWS services (ElasticSearch, Redshift, DynamoDB) APIs integration Cross‑functional collaboration Agile methodology Presentation skills Problem solving Design thinking Accessibility awareness Version control (Git) Testing and debugging

About Amazon

Amazon is a global e‑commerce and cloud computing leader that also operates a large advertising business.

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