AMAZON IS HIRING UX DESIGNER

Role Overview:

  • Impact: This position is highly influential, requiring leadership in design direction and implementation for FinTech products. You’ll be responsible for driving big design solutions and working closely with a diverse team of engineers, product managers, executives, and other designers.
  • Design Focus: The role demands the creation of simple, elegant user experiences that cater to a wide range of users, including edge cases. Your designs should be visually appealing and functional, encouraging users to achieve their objectives efficiently.
  • Collaboration: You’ll work across various teams and build strong relationships with customers from AWS finance and other AWS teams. Collaboration within a larger design community at Amazon is also crucial to ensure program success.

Daily Responsibilities:

  • Cross-functional Work: Collaborate with leaders and teams in product, engineering, and design.
  • Customer Engagement: Engage with customers from the AWS finance organization and other AWS teams to ensure their needs are met.

Team Dynamics:

  • Inclusive Environment: You’ll be part of a supportive, diverse team of designers, technologists, and product managers.
  • Mission: The team’s goal is to build a comprehensive finance data platform for AWS, automating data sourcing, validation, and reporting processes to allow finance users to focus on complex analyses and business decision support.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Experience: At least 3 years in UX design, with a proven track record of delivering design solutions.
  • Portfolio: An online portfolio showcasing your work.
  • Technical Skills: Proficiency in prototyping tools like HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash, or Axure.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Industry Experience: 2+ years of experience in mass-market consumer web/mobile products.
  • Collaboration: Experience working closely with developers for design implementation.
  • Usability Knowledge: Familiarity with usability principles and techniques.
  • Design Standards: Experience in defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards.
  • Fintech Experience: Familiarity with financial and accounting systems and concepts is a plus.

This role is ideal for someone passionate about UX design, particularly in fintech, and who enjoys collaborating with a variety of stakeholders to create impactful design solutions.

If this aligns with your skills and interests, consider applying directly through the Amazon Jobs website.