Amazon.com Services LLC

Technology

PrincipalDesignTechnologist,PrimeVideo

$184–248k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Principal candidates.

The Brief

“Principal Design Technologist, Prime Video at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Design technology, UX prototyping, AI tooling, Design systems. Define technical vision for prototyping. Train designers in AI tooling”

What You'll Achieve.

Secure buy-in for new ideas; Establish org as leaders in AI-first design; Streamline undifferentiated work; Enable teams to focus on initiatives; Validate concepts with customers; Demonstrate value to leadership

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem solving

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years front-end technologist experience, 10+ years engineer experience, 10+ years UX prototyper experience, Available online portfolio, Coding samples in front end languages, Proven experience developing UX prototypes, Demonstrated experience leading teams, Demonstrated experience mentoring technical teams, Experience influencing product strategy, Track record collaborating with leaders, Experience training design teams, Experience enabling design teams, Experience contributing to design systems, Experience building design systems, Experience prototyping internal tools, Experience scaling internal tools

Nice to Have

Deep knowledge of databases, Deep knowledge of AWS database services, Extensive experience with ML tools, Extensive experience with ML methods, Expert-level experience Native mobile development, Expert-level experience Python, Expert-level experience Objective-C, Expert-level experience Swift, Expert-level experience C#, Expert-level experience HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript, Expert-level experience web programming, Expert-level experience server programming, Expert-level experience Responsive/Adaptive design, Expert-level experience Java, Expert-level experience SQL, Experience establishing technical standards, Experience establishing best practices, Track record of innovation, Experience presenting technical work

What You'll Do.

Define technical vision for prototyping

Train designers in AI tooling

Upskill PMs in AI tooling

Upskill partners in AI tooling

Build AI-enabled solutions

Streamline undifferentiated work

Provide design technology support

Build component libraries

Document component libraries

Evolve component libraries

Build functional prototypes

Test prototypes with customers

Secure buy-in from partners

Secure buy-in from leadership

Lead collaboration with design leadership

Lead collaboration with engineering leadership

Lead collaboration with stakeholders

Mentor design technologists

Drive concepts from idea to implementation

Establish best practices for prototyping

Establish technical standards for prototyping

Advance design thinking

Leverage platform expertise

Leverage emerging technologies

Automate manual tasks

Influence product strategy

Demonstrate feasibility

Demonstrate customer value

Define technical approach for prototypes

Architect high-fidelity prototypes

Conduct training sessions

Upskill designers on AI tools

Upskill partners on AI tools

Build and maintain component libraries

Ensure system consistency

Build testable prototypes

Demonstrate value to partners

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional partners; Design leadership; Engineering leadership; Senior stakeholders; Design system team; UX Designers; Product partners; Engineering partners

Full Job Description

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. Key job 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-v

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