Mar 14, 2019
Senior UX Designer - Core AI Tooling (Amazon)
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Are you intrigued or passionate about Machine Learning (ML) and ready for your next UX challenge?
At Amazon, we have millions of customers shopping and using services that produce a huge amount of data for our scientists and engineers to work with. We're looking for a forward-thinking, self-motivated Sr. UX Designer to conceive, test, and launch self-service tools that make it easier for our scientists and engineers to do their work every day.
As a member of the Core AI Tooling team you'll work at the intersection of human centered design and ML technologies, with the opportunity to have impact across the company. You'll be working in a fast-paced, start-up like environment, with the charter of democratizing the tools and knowledge required to do ML at scale. To do this, we're building a platform that lets our users learn about ML, access and experiment with data, derive insights, manage compute, and build ML models to use in production.
About you
You set a high bar with everything you deliver. You feel comfortable working on ambiguous projects because you can distill complex problems into simple solutions. You focus on details and obsess over ways to improve the customer's experience. You have big ideas and aren't afraid to experiment, because you know failure is an important part of innovation. You can clearly articulate your process which includes research, IA, journey mapping, testing, designing, and prototyping.
You might have concerns about the job requirements or technology, but still feel like you'd be a good fit. Don't let that stop you. We're looking for talented, motivated, UX designers to bring their unique skills to the role--and we're flexible in order to find the right candidate.
Responsibilities
We need a creative and customer-obsessed Sr. UX Designer to help lead new initiatives for Amazon's ML console. Your work will help simplify, improve and define the next generation of enterprise tools that Amazon’s scientists and data engineers use.
You’ll be responsible for driving design deliverables such as interaction models, scenarios, sketches, story boards, wireframes, user interface designs, and prototypes. You're an expert at using Photoshop, Sketch, InVision, or other prototyping tools like HTML/CSS. You know how to balance qualitative and quantitative data to help make the best user-centered design decisions.
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of experience as a user experience designer, product designer, interaction designer, or similar role
- Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience
- An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating user-centered design solutions with measurable outcomes
- Ability to present work using functional prototypes built with InVision, Axure, HTML/CSS/JS, or similar
- Understanding of front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/JS) to help inform design and interaction decisions
- Visual design expertise demonstrated through mockups, prototypes, and style guides
- Practical knowledge of user-centered design methodologies, usability principles, web-based information architecture and designs
- Proven ability to work cross-team and synthesize feedback and input from business leaders, product management, and engineering
- Fluent in English, with excellent communication, presentation, and social skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Interest in machine learning, AI, or similar technologies
- Motivated to work in a start-up style environment, where rapid iteration is normal
- Capacity to own and drive the design process by independently defining requirements, scoping projects and prioritizing tasks
- Proficiency in HTML/CSS/JS to build functional design prototypes
- Experience defining, building, and maintaining design systems
- Ability to forge rapport with partners, designers, developers and leaders
- A talent and enthusiasm for planning and facilitating user research activities
How to Apply
If interested, please reach out to Michelle Carney (MIMS alum) at michelle.carney@berkeley.edu.