Principal UX Designer, AWS Security, Search, Observability & Governance

About the role

The Principal UX Designer will define and own the end-to-end design strategy for AWS's security, observability, and agentic AI product portfolio. This is a high-impact IC role with significant organizational influence. You will partner directly with VP-level Product and Engineering leaders to shape products used by millions of security practitioners worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term UX vision and roadmap for AWS Security products (GuardDuty, Security Hub, Detective, Inspector, IAM) in partnership with senior product and engineering leadership
• Architect and govern a unified design system across the security portfolio, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and scalability for high-density data interfaces
• Lead the design of agentic AI interfaces — including intent-driven system actions, guided investigations, and human-in-the-loop approval workflows for automated security operations
• Drive "design-as-code" practices: build production-quality prototypes using modern stacks (React, TypeScript) to collapse design-engineering feedback loops
• Establish UX quality benchmarks and lead critique sessions across the organization, elevating design maturity and craft standards globally
• Mentor and develop a team of senior designers, providing technical guidance and career development
• Represent Design in executive reviews (VP, SVP) with data-driven recommendations and clear strategic narratives
• Navigate complex stakeholder matrices to build consensus across multiple product teams operating under a shared UX umbrella

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience in UX/Product Design, with at least 4 years at Staff/Principal level (or equivalent) at a top-tier technology company
• Demonstrable portfolio of shipped enterprise-scale B2B products, with emphasis on data-intensive or security-domain interfaces
• Deep expertise in design systems — architecture, governance, component libraries, and cross-team adoption at scale
• Strong technical fluency: ability to read, review, and contribute to production code (HTML/CSS/JS, React preferred)
• Experience designing for complex data visualization — dashboards, threat detection, network topology, log analysis
• Track record of influencing product strategy at the organizational level, not just feature-level execution

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, or observability platforms
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML product design, particularly agentic patterns
• Experience building from 0→1 and establishing product-market fit for new product lines
• Published thought leadership or recognized contributions to the design community
• Proficiency with AI-assisted design and development tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Replit, v0)