Sr. UX Designer, Data Center Design Engineering
Seattle, OR - USA
Job Summary
Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
The AWS Data Center Design Engineering - BIM & AI Technologies team is seeking a talented and passionate Senior UX Designer to join our mission to revolutionize the Architecture Engineering Construction and Ownership (AECO) industry through innovative Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Generative AI technologies. This user experience role will have significant impact on our business as you contribute to the strategy and design direction for AI-native product experiences that serve architects engineers construction managers and facility operators working to design build and operate Amazons global data center facilities.
Throughout the strategy design and development lifecycle you will work collaboratively with your design team alongside product managers engineers applied scientists and domain experts building future-forward experiences that leverage agentic AI capabilities. Your role is to identify opportunities across experiences and resolve gaps in our product strategy creating a highly connected ecosystem where AI agents desktop tools and cloud-based platforms work together seamlessly to accelerate facility design.
You understand that AECO professionals maintain exceptionally high trust bars; they require AI systems that support rather than replace professional engineering judgment within the context of regulatory compliance and design accuracy. You approach AI not as a feature but as a system that must be intentionally designed tested and governed.
You have an anything is possible mindset when faced with seemingly hard problems and thrive on uncovering deep customer insights. You love being part of a highly collaborative and high-energy team that isnt afraid to swing for the fences. Youre proud of your work your skills and expertise but flexible and open to cross-functional team input as you want to be part of something impactful.
Key job responsibilities
Lead design initiatives for revolutionary GenAI applications that accelerate data center facility design workflows with particular focus on designing constraining and validating AI agent behavior as a core UX artifact for Architecture Engineering Construction and Ownership (AECO) applications
Craft and validate long-term design strategies through customer research prototyping and proposal documents that advocate for the needs of architects engineers construction managers and facility operators working with Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies
Design interconnected product experiences across a suite of desktop and cloud products ensuring seamless integration between first-party software third-party platforms and AI agents that work together to support diverse AECO use cases while maintaining human-in-the-loop workflows
Define AI agent personas and behavioral contracts that articulate each agents role responsibilities boundaries and escalation behavior with particular attention to design accuracy code compliance requirements and appropriate confidence levels when working with 2D/3D geometries and structured datasets representing digital twins of physical facilities
Partner with cross-functional teams of product managers engineers applied scientists and domain experts to explore innovate and create solutions that help customers accelerate facility design while ensuring AI-assisted experiences remain transparent trustworthy and grounded in real engineering needs designing for multiple personas from design engineers managing complex BIM workflows to field engineers and facility operators
Leverage existing design systems while innovating with domain-specific patterns and technical visualizations accelerating design delivery through rapid prototyping and AI-assisted design tools that demonstrate complex data center design workflows and multi-tool orchestration scenarios
Ensure AI agents are designed to assist users by providing design guidance code-compliant recommendations and data synthesis rather than taking ownership of critical engineering or construction decisions that require professional judgment and regulatory compliance
About the team
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
- 7 years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma Adobe Creative Cloud or similar
- Experience applying scrum to visual or UX design processes
- Experience with UX design of complex workflows
- Experience acquiring user data (e.g. conducting usability studies performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps
- Experience shipping AI experiences (conversational or otherwise)
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.
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 VA Herndon - 137800.00 - 186400.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 137800.00 - 186400.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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