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Amazon Sr. UX Designer, Amazon QuickSight in Seattle, Washington

Description

Amazon QuickSight powers data-driven organizations with unified business intelligence (BI) at hyperscale. With QuickSight, all users can meet varying analytic needs from the same source of truth through modern interactive dashboards, paginated reports, embedded analytics, and natural language queries. With Amazon Q in QuickSight, business analysts and business users can use natural language to build, discover, and share meaningful insights in seconds, turning insights into impact faster.

We are looking for a Senior UX Designer with a background in analytics that leads by doing, values diversity of thought, has a passion for solving highly complex problems, and brings their best self to work every day.

Key job responsibilities

  • Present compelling, data-driven design proposals to UX team, cross-functional partners (engineers, data scientists, product managers), and senior executives for feedback and alignment.

  • Own the end-to-end design process from discovery to production which may include project management, research proposals, one-pagers, information architecture, mid-fi flows, hi-fi screens, interactive prototypes, detailed UI specs for engineering handoff, and user testing.

  • Write detailed use cases and user story requirements to assist product partners and jumpstart discovery process and concept ideation.

  • Collaborate closely with peers in design, product, engineering, science, marketing, and sales in a hybrid in-office/distributed work environment.

  • Craft workflows and patterns that are reusable and take into consideration various business needs, customer feedback, and usability findings.

  • Apply systems-level design thinking to drive design solutions and content strategies that scale.

  • Contribute to the UX teams’s shared knowledge of user-centered design and research methodologies.

About the team

You’ll join a fun team of high-performing, innovative, and nimble UX practitioners who help each other develop and thrive. We show up by being authentic to who we are as individuals and by supporting each others’ growth. You will have autonomy and ownership while benefitting from a supportive and close-knit UX network.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

  • 8+ years of design experience

  • Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity

  • Have an available online portfolio

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards

  • Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps

  • Business intelligence (BI, data, analytics) and/or data visualization product design.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $113,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $211,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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