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Seattle - USA

Yearly Salary drjobs

$ 138800 - 239900

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

As part of Amazons Devices and Services Design Group (DDG) the Futures Design team is responsible for exploring and defining big ambitious opportunities that could shape the future of consumer products and services. We operate with runway to invent and design categorydefining experiences.

Working closely with business and technology partners we use research design and prototyping to guide early product development bring clarity to engineering goals and develop a usercentric point of view. This is where you come in.

As a Senior Design Technologist youll be a key part of our agile Futures Design team. Leveraging your deep technical expertise and experience in worldclass consumer software youll help unlock challenging scenarios and enhance our ability to deliver design at scale across a range of innovative multimodal devices. Your role will be all about proving advancing and evolving cuttingedge UX concepts through prototyping and handson product work. Youll work quickly choosing the right technology for each task to bring design ideas (interactions visuals sound motion) to life. Your work will be instrumental in demonstrating and evaluating these concepts serving as a crucial reference for our engineering partners.

Equipped with a makers mindset youll be asked to creatively overcome platform limitations tinker with ideas and think outside the box in code. You will be collaborating closely with designers product managers and other experts youll deliver quickly iteratively and with a keen eye for detail.

Are you a passionate tinkerer who loves consumer electronics A digital craftsperson excited to transform concepts into working code Ready to make an impact on millions of customers If so we want to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities
Build highquality functional prototypes that convey prove and advance the vision of future products
Collaborate with design leadership and key stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle
Work alongside designers PMs engineers and other experts to drive concepts from idea to implementation
Advance design thinking by leveraging your platform expertise and supporting your team
Continuously evaluate and document new standards or patterns that emerge from your work
Thrive in a fastpaced iterative environment with minimal documentation and technical support

A day in the life
As a Senior Design Technologist working on the next generations of device user experiences no two days are the same. You might start by reviewing a prototype showcasing a cuttingedge Alexa interaction then dive into creative coding to enhance it with machine learning. After discussing technical feasibility with engineers you shift to polishing visuals and motion for an executive review. Throughout you problemsolve push boundaries and collaborate crossfunctionally to invent the future of consumer electronics. Its a fastpaced innovative environment where your deep technical skills and maker mindset are crucial to delivering transformative experiences for millions of customers.

About the team
Our team of design technologists brings a diverse range of expertise to the table. We work collaboratively across multiple product lines including Echo Show Fire Tablet Fire TV and future Alexapowered devices. By staying at the forefront of emerging technologies we are constantly exploring new ways to push the boundaries of whats possible. Whether its integrating the latest machine learning capabilities or innovating on novel interaction models our team thrives on the challenge of turning ambitious concepts into functional prototypes. We work with engineering to enable the best customer experiences iterating on our designs based on user feedback and testing.

6 years of frontend technologist engineer or UX prototyper experience
Have coding samples in front end programming languages
Have an available online portfolio
Experience developing visually polished engaging and highly fluid UX prototypes
Experience collaborating with UX Product and technical partners

Knowledge of databases and AWS database services: ElasticSearch Redshift DynamoDB
Experience with machine learning (ML) tools and methods

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239900/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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
This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.


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