Lead UX Architect: Desktop AI Workflows

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 164,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle seeks a Principal UX Designer to own the end-to-end design of Quick's desktop app, shaping interactions with AI, local file access, and cross-device workflows.

You will mentor designers, set design standards, and partner with product, engineering, and platform teams to deliver a cohesive, trustworthy, and powerful user experience across surfaces.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing principal-level scope and impact.
• Experience designing and delivering complex, end-to-end software products.
• Ability to influence product direction and design standards across teams.
• Experience solving systemic design problems across multiple surfaces.
• Excellent systems thinking and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design of Quick's desktop app and set design standards.
• Design integration of email, calendars, documents, chat, and data across surfaces.
• Create agentic surfaces for background tasks and autonomous actions with trust.
• Define information architecture to move users across conversations, files, and tasks.
• Lead for power users, balancing depth with cohesive AI interaction.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Platform to ensure seamless experiences.
• Set desktop design standards across Quick and mentor other designers.
• Act as design authority bridging desktop, web, and mobile.

Skills

Extensive design experience

End-to-end product design

Systems thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Influence on product direction

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle seeks a Principal UX Designer to own the end-to-end design of Quick's desktop app, shaping interactions with AI, local file access, and cross-device workflows.

You will mentor designers, set design standards, and partner with product, engineering, and platform teams to deliver a cohesive, trustworthy, and powerful user experience across surfaces.