Principal Design Technologist, Prime Video

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Do you want to define
the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video
is changing the way people watch movies and TV. From one service, we're
delivering versatile ways to watch hundreds of thousands of movies, TV series,
and live events on the web, mobile, and TV. Our service is available in more
than 200 territories globally, and we're just getting started.

Working closely with business and technology partners, we use research, design,
and prototyping to guide early product development, bring clarity to engineering
goals, and develop a customer-centric point of view. This is where you come in.

As a Principal Design Technologist, you'll be a strategic leader within our PVXD
organization, specifically supporting the Enterprise (PRIZE) team. Your role
will be all about defining the vision, proving, advancing, and evolving
forward-looking UX concepts for enterprise tools through prototyping and
hands-on product work. You'll lead other design technologists, set the technical
direction for bringing ambitious design ideas to life, and play a critical role
in three key areas: training and up-skilling the PVXD org in AI tooling,
providing design system support for our new enterprise-focused design system,
and building high-fidelity prototypes for 0-1 initiatives that help secure
buy-in from cross-functional partners for new ideas in the enterprise portfolio
space.

Requirements

• 10+ years of front-end technologist, engineer, or UX prototyper experience
• Have an available online portfolio demonstrating leadership in design technology
• Have coding samples in front end programming languages showcasing technical depth and breadth
• Proven experience developing visually polished, engaging, and highly fluid UX prototypes at scale
• Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring technical teams
• Experience influencing product strategy through prototyping and technical leadership
• Strong track record collaborating with senior UX, Product, and Engineering leaders
• Experience training and enabling design teams to adopt new tools and technical capabilities
• Experience contributing to or building design systems, including component development and documentation
• Experience prototyping and scaling internal tools from concept to implementation

Nice To Haves

• Deep knowledge of databases and AWS database services: ElasticSearch, Redshift, DynamoDB
• Extensive experience with machine learning (ML) tools and methods, particularly Gen AI applications
• Expert-level experience in multiple areas: Native mobile development (Android/iOS), Python, Objective-C, Swift, C#, HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript, web and server programming and Responsive/Adaptive design, Java, SQL
• Experience establishing technical standards and best practices for design technology teams
• Track record of innovation in design prototyping methodologies and tools
• Experience presenting technical work to executive leadership
• Experience with AI-assisted development and rapid prototyping tools

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical vision for design prototyping across Prime Video's enterprise product portfolio
• Train and upskill designers, PMs, and cross-functional partners across PVXD (and specifically in the PRIZE product space) in AI tooling and prototyping capabilities, establishing the org as leaders in AI-first design
• Build bespoke, AI-enabled solutions that solve pervasive everyday problems across the organization, streamlining undifferentiated work and enabling teams to focus on high-value strategic initiatives
• Provide dedicated design technology support for the creation and maintenance of Prime Video's new enterprise-focused design system, working closely with design system leads to build, document, and evolve component libraries
• Build high-fidelity, functional prototypes of 0-1 initiatives for enterprise experiences that can be tested with real customers (3P/1P partners, operators, content creators) to validate concepts and secure buy-in from cross-functional partners and leadership
• Lead collaboration with design leadership, engineering leadership, and senior stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle for enterprise tools serving both internal teams and external partners
• Mentor and guide design technologists, designers, researchers, PMs, and engineers to drive concepts from idea to implementation, with a focus on enterprise workflow optimization
• Establish best practices and technical standards for design prototyping across web-based enterprise platforms and operator tools
• Advance design thinking by leveraging deep platform expertise and emerging technologies, particularly GenAI/ML applications for automating undifferentiated manual tasks in enterprise workflows
• Champion innovation in a fast-paced, iterative environment with ambiguous challenges and brand new customer experiences for content publishing, localization, and marketing automation
• Influence product strategy through technical prototyping that demonstrates feasibility and customer value for enterprise users

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed