Design Technologist, Advertising UX, Design Systems

Amazon • Seattle, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Amazon, we are committed to putting our customers first in all our advertising programs. We are developing solutions that enable brands to connect with their customers globally and at scale across various online platforms. The Advertiser User Experience (AUX) team specializes in translating the needs of a diverse user base into experiences that balance efficiency with robust utility. We are seeking an enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, and reliable team member who can work effectively with a diverse group of peers and contribute to our positive and inclusive team culture.

Requirements

• 3+ years of front-end technologist, engineer, or UX prototyper experience
• Have coding samples in front end programming languages
• Experience with UI design for complex workflows and for end users
• BS degree in computer science or equivalent, or 4+ years of technical work experience
• Have an online portfolio or samples of work on resume, demonstrating experience creating great end-to-end, user-centered design solutions and patterns, across desktop and mobile devices
• Experience with web, mobile web, and mobile app development including both front-end and back-end (e.g., building APIs, services, or cloud-based applications)
• Proficiency with Figma and modern front-end frameworks (React, TypeScript)
• Experience building applications that integrate LLMs, AI/ML APIs, or agentic workflows

Nice To Haves

• TypeScript experience
• Strands Agents or similar agentic frameworks
• Figma Plugin and REST APIs
• Kiro skills, powers, and agents
• Uses a metrics-driven approach to building, testing, and iterating on AI agents, complex skills/steering files, or MCP servers
• Takes advantage of the latest agentic UX patterns and invents new ones when necessary
• Uses emerging AI tools and techniques to create solutions that were previously impossible or unfeasible to implement

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in concept development and design ideation as part of a cross-functional team.
• Rapidly build and iterate on functional prototypes that express design intent, using the best and most appropriate tools and techniques for the task.
• Bring strong UX intuition — interpret design intent, identify usability issues, and ensure design quality carries through from concept to working code.
• Partner with engineering to ensure that interactive techniques and technologies translate through to scalable tools and services.
• Partner with design and research to create realistic prototypes to test with end customers.
• Be able to work creatively through and around perceived limitations and/or challenges imposed by the delivery platform to create delightful experiences for customers.
• Lead large, wide impact DT projects. Examples could include a specific tool or service that supports many disparate areas of the site or product line.
• Lead others and set direction in the face of ambiguity.
• Evaluate and document any new creative and/or engineering standards or patterns that could arise from your work.
• Effectively present work to all levels of leadership.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree