Senior UX Designer for AI-Powered Developer Tools

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Senior UX Designer to shape the Kiro experience. You will focus on Kiro Web, lead concept framing, and own end‑to‑end design for multiple surfaces including IDE, CLI, Web, and Mobile.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and leadership to translate research into design strategy, advocate for developers, and mentor junior designers. The role blends early discovery with hands‑on execution in a fast‑moving AI tooling space.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of design experience.
• 2+ years of working with or evaluating AI systems.
• 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 across the Kiro platform (IDE, CLI, Web, Mobile, and Kiro Crew).
• 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.
• Design cohesive experiences across desktop, terminal, browser, mobile, and open‑source surfaces while respecting the unique interaction paradigms of each.
• 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

AI systems

Prototyping tools

Portfolio storytelling

Information architecture

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle is seeking a Senior UX Designer to shape the Kiro experience. You will focus on Kiro Web, lead concept framing, and own end‑to‑end design for multiple surfaces including IDE, CLI, Web, and Mobile.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and leadership to translate research into design strategy, advocate for developers, and mentor junior designers. The role blends early discovery with hands‑on execution in a fast‑moving AI tooling space.