Lead UX Designer — AI-Driven Design Systems

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Autos is building an AI-enabled design system and premium car-shopping experiences. We are seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer to own design system stewardship, craft high-fidelity visuals, and shape token architectures for web and mobile across experiences.

You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, product managers, and content designers to ensure accessibility, consistency, and scalable documentation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional UX/UI design with focus on design systems or visual design.
• Portfolio demonstrating visual design craft and end-to-end product design work.
• Proficiency in modern design tools (Figma) including components, auto-layout, tokens, and prototyping.
• Experience building, scaling, or contributing to a design system (component libraries, style guides, pattern documentation).
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design workflows, including prompt-driven prototyping and AI-powered design-to-code tools.
• Strong understanding of responsive design, accessibility (WCAG), and platform conventions (web, iOS, Android).
• Ability to articulate design rationale and influence cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the design system, documenting reusable components, tokens, and guidelines for web and mobile.
• Craft high-fidelity UI designs with attention to typography, color, spacing, and layout.
• Design system components for AI-powered experiences and natural language-to-UI interfaces.
• Design, spec, and document new components; partner with engineering for implementation and accessibility compliance.
• Collaborate with engineers, UX designers, researchers, product managers, and content designers to translate needs into design solutions.
• Audit experiences for visual and interaction consistency; drive improvements to uphold brand alignment and governance.
• Share best practices, conduct design reviews, and mentor teammates in systems thinking and visual craft.
• Create interactive prototypes and storytelling to communicate ideas and validate concepts with stakeholders.

Skills

UX/UI design

Design systems

Figma

AI-assisted design

Accessibility (WCAG)

Cross-functional collaboration

Design rationale

Visual design

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Amazon Autos is building an AI-enabled design system and premium car-shopping experiences. We are seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer to own design system stewardship, craft high-fidelity visuals, and shape token architectures for web and mobile across experiences.

You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, product managers, and content designers to ensure accessibility, consistency, and scalable documentation.