Senior Design Technologist, IMDb, Creative Studio

IMDb is the worlds most popular and trusted source for movie TV and celebrity content. As part of Amazon we operate at global scale while maintaining the agility and creative energy of a nimble team. IMDb Creative Studio is where innovation and storytelling meet delivering award-winning advertising experiences for the worlds top entertainment brands.
Were seeking a Senior Design Technologist who operates at the intersection of design craft and technical execution. This is not a pure engineering role the ideal candidate thinks visually builds fluently and moves seamlessly between Figma and code. Youll lead the technical execution of complex advertising campaigns and define how AI tools and workflows integrate into our creative practice accelerating execution reducing rote work and unlocking creative possibilities. Youll serve as a technical leader within a multidisciplinary team shaping scalable systems influencing senior stakeholders and mentoring peers.
This is a senior individual contributor role requiring deep expertise in both front-end development and design sensibility. Experience in digital advertising agency or studio settings at scale is highly valued.
This role is onsite in Los Angeles CA.


Key job responsibilities
* Lead end-to-end technical execution of high-impact advertising campaigns across web mobile and app.
* Architect and build high-fidelity responsive prototypes that reflect strong design sensibility as much as technical precision setting the quality bar for the team.
* Translate design intent into pixel-perfect production-ready experiences maintaining visual fidelity from concept through delivery.
* Identify opportunities to productize recurring creative patterns reducing build time and increasing consistency.
* Lead evaluation integration and operationalization of AI tools into the creative production workflow from generative models to LLM-assisted development.
* Partner with design strategy and engineering teams to identify where AI can reduce manual effort and accelerate time-to-market.
* Drive technical scoping conversations with designers campaign managers and senior stakeholders.
* Mentor junior and mid-level Design Technologists elevating the overall craft of the team.

A day in the life
As a Senior Design Technologist at IMDb Creative Studio your days blend creative problem-solving with technical leadership. You might start the morning reviewing a new campaign brief with a designer then spend the afternoon prototyping an interactive ad experience or evaluating a new AI tool for the teams workflow. Youre equally comfortable opening Figma to review a layout as you are diving into a React component and your colleagues on both the design and engineering sides see you as a peer. Youll regularly collaborate with account teams and senior stakeholders to scope complex builds and youll close the day mentoring a junior technologist through a tricky front-end challenge. No two days look the same and thats exactly the point.

About the team
IMDb Creative Studio operates like a boutique agency within Amazon. We partner closely with entertainment clients and internal sales teams to deliver both custom campaigns and scalable ad products. We prioritize creativity velocity and precision balancing rapid custom builds with thoughtful productization to maximize revenue and impact. Were actively integrating AI into our production practice and were looking for someone who can help lead that charge. We are a tight-knit multidisciplinary group that values collaboration autonomy and craft.


- 4 years of front-end technologist engineer or UX prototyper experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Have coding samples in front end programming languages
- Experience developing visually polished engaging and highly fluid UX prototypes
- Experience collaborating with UX Product and technical partners
- Experience in professional non-internship software development or experience in developing and deploying LLMs in production on GPUs Neuron TPU or other AI acceleration hardware
- Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma Adobe Creative Cloud or similar

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

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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 WA Seattle - 154200.00 - 208600.00 USD annually