Principal, Design Technologist , Agentic AI, Velocity Labs

We are looking for a Principal Design Technologist to serve as a senior technical and design leader embedded within a cross-functional product innovation team. This role bridges the gap between design vision and engineering execution youll be hands-on in code and prototyping tools shaping the future of AI-native experiences while raising the bar for design quality across the organization. This is an individual contributor role with broad organizational influence not a people management position.

Key job responsibilities
Hands-On Prototyping & Development: Build high-fidelity interactive prototypes using modern front-end technologies (React TypeScript etc.) and design tools (Figma Framer) to validate and communicate design concepts at speed.

AI-Native Experience Design: Partner with product science and engineering teams to design and build novel user experiences powered by machine learning generative AI and large language models.

Strategic Technical Leadership: Identify and drive opportunities where design technology can unlock new product capabilities reduce time-to-market or improve customer outcomes influencing roadmaps at the VP/Director level.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Principal Engineers Applied Scientists Product Managers and UX Designers to ensure design intent is faithfully realized in production systems.

Design Systems & Tooling: Contribute to and evolve shared design systems component libraries and internal tooling that accelerate the work of designers and front-end engineers.

Raising the Bar: Mentor and influence designers and engineers across the organization through code reviews design critiques tech talks and documentation of best practices.

Customer Obsession: Ground all work in deep understanding of customer needs using data research insights and rapid experimentation to validate design decisions.

About the team
Our team is an AI-first team and we leverage AI-enabled tooling throughout the product lifecycle to enable us to deliver high quality products fast. Agentic AI drives innovation at the forefront of artificial intelligence enabling customers to transform their businesses through AI solutions. We build and deliver the foundational AI services that power the future of cloud computing helping organizations harness the potential of AI to solve their most complex challenges.

Join our dynamic team of AI/ML practitioners applied scientists software engineers and solution architects who work backwards from customer needs to create innovative technologies. If youre passionate about shaping the future of AI while making a meaningful impact for customers worldwide we want to hear from you.

10 years in design technology front-end engineering or a related discipline

Expert-level proficiency in HTML CSS JavaScript/TypeScript and at least one modern front-end framework (React Vue Angular)

Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership of complex interactive product experiences

Experience working directly with design teams and fluency in tools like Figma Sketch or similar

Proven ability to influence technical and design direction without direct authority

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience building AI-powered or data-driven user interfaces

Familiarity with design tokens design system architecture and accessibility standards (WCAG)

Experience with rapid prototyping tools and creative coding environments

Track record of leading from the middle driving alignment across senior stakeholders engineering and design

Experience in large-scale ambiguous environments where youve defined the what as well as the how

Contributions to open-source projects or published thought leadership in design technology

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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 - 183500.00 - 248200.00 USD annually