Product Designer III, AWS Search, Security, Observability, Governance

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon OpenSearch Service is seeking an experienced designer to own end-to-end design for a core OpenSearch experience. You will define flows from problem framing to post-launch metrics, shaping how Winnow and agentic search surfaces support user trust and control.

You will work within an OpenSearch builder pod, collaborating with PMs and engineers to align customer needs with technical realities, while contributing to the OUI design system and mentoring peers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of design experience
• Online portfolio required

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design for a core OpenSearch experience from problem framing to post-launch measurement
• Define the experience for Winnow / agentic search, including how users express intent and how results are surfaced to earn trust
• Work as an end-to-end builder embedded in a builder pod, shaping what gets built and sequencing delivery
• Design for high-volume workflows across search relevance, vector/semantic search, observability, dashboards and alerting
• Help define agentic observability alongside agentic search with trust as the design problem
• Run research cycles and competitive signal capture that feeds the roadmap
• Contribute to and extend the OpenSearch design system (OUI) for consistent, accessible patterns
• Partner with PMs and engineers daily to balance customer needs and technical constraints
• Raise the design bar through critique, mentorship, and reusable patterns

Skills

End-to-end design

Research

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Figma

OpenSearch

Amazon OpenSearch Service

OUI

Job description

Own end-to-end product design for core experiences in Amazon OpenSearch Service, with focus on agentic search and agentic observability.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design for a core OpenSearch experience, covering problem framing, research, interaction design, visual craft, production implementation, and post-launch measurement
• Define the experience for Winnow / agentic search, including how customers express intent, how agent planning and reasoning are surfaced, how results and provenance earn trust, and how customers stay in control
• Work as a true end-to-end builder while embedded in a builder pod, shaping what gets built and sequencing delivery (not only presentation layer)
• Design for genuine complexity across high-volume workflows, including search relevance, vector and semantic search, log analytics, dashboards, observability workflows, alerting, and root-cause investigation
• Help define agentic observability alongside agentic search by designing interfaces that surface agent reasoning, findings, and remediation, with trust as the primary design problem
• Run research that ships, including structured research cycles, trust-calibration studies, and competitive signal capture that feeds the roadmap directly
• Contribute to and extend the OpenSearch design system (OUI) to keep patterns consistent, accessible, and scalable across the product
• Partner daily with PMs and engineers to balance customer needs, deep technical constraints, and business goals
• Raise the design bar through critique, mentorship, and reusable patterns

Requirements

• 7+ years of design experience
• Available online portfolio

Tools & Technologies

• Figma
• OpenSearch
• Amazon OpenSearch Service
• OUI

Compensation & Location

• Location: Bellevue, WA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 137,800 - 205,000 per year

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, 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
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)

A Day in the Life

• Start with a design review presenting a systems-level concept to product and engineering, covering how a new interaction pattern scales across multiple surfaces
• Shift into hands-on Figma craft work to refine a prototype based on recent research findings
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment sessions where stakeholders converge on a shared path forward
• Mentor fellow designers, write persuasive strategy documents, and use AI tools to rapidly explore ideas

About the Team

• Design team behind Amazon OpenSearch Service, with six designers embedded in OpenSearch builder pods to own the experience from problem framing through production
• Building net-new patterns for agentic search and agentic observability, focused on how customers trust a system that searches, reasons, and acts
• Operating principles: end-to-end builders, research that ships, and a self-learning design system (OUI evolving toward agentic patterns)
• Treat design as a competitive weapon, with senior ownership and a focus on craft, research, and raising each other's work