Senior UX Designer for AI-Driven Developer Tools

Amazon Inc.; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 138,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Senior UX Designer to shape the Kiro IDE experience. You will lead hands-on design, deepen understanding of developers, and collaborate with product, engineering, and leadership to drive product direction.

You will own end-to-end design for major features, prototype with rapid iteration, and mentor others. Join a team that prizes rigorous research, strong design rationale, and impact over conformity.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of design experience.
• 3+ years of working with or evaluating AI systems experience.
• Experience in a variety of design, wire-framing, and prototyping tools.
• A portfolio that demonstrates deep audience understanding and early-stage design thinking: concept models, ecosystem maps, user stories, experience frameworks, and how you translate research into design strategy, not just polished final UI.
• Experience designing complex, multi-step workflows across multiple platforms or surfaces, with strong information architecture and interaction design skills.

Responsibilities

• Go deep on audience understanding: conduct and synthesize research to build rich mental models of how developers think, work, and adopt agentic tools.
• Lead concept design and early-stage framing: ecosystem maps, concept models, user stories, journey frameworks, and experience principles that set the foundation for product direction.
• Own and drive the end-to-end design process for major features.
• Shape the UX of agentic workflows including spec-driven development, autonomous mode, parallel agents, hooks, and correctness verification.
• Iterate rapidly and prototype at the right fidelity, from paper sketches and concept storyboards to high-fidelity interactive prototypes, choosing the right tools and methods for each challenge.
• Partner with product management and engineering to influence strategy through strong design rationale and customer advocacy
• Mentor junior designers and define scalable design patterns that raise the bar across the team.

Skills

UX design

User research

Prototyping

AI systems experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Senior UX Designer to shape the Kiro IDE experience. You will lead hands-on design, deepen understanding of developers, and collaborate with product, engineering, and leadership to drive product direction.

You will own end-to-end design for major features, prototype with rapid iteration, and mentor others. Join a team that prizes rigorous research, strong design rationale, and impact over conformity.