UX Designer, Design Systems, People Engagement Experience (PEX)

About the role

The People Engagement Experience (PEX) is the cord across our People Engagement (PE) experiences made up of forward-thinking UX designers, researchers, writers and design technologists. PEX is revolutionizing the user experience for Amazonians across the globe. Our design work has a direct impact on the lives of millions of Amazonians, helping them achieve work-life balance and advance in their careers. We're also customer-obsessed, driving impact across the company by delivering on user-centered and business needs. We support Amazon's mission to become Earth's best employer through making it easier to acquire, train and retain employees.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of components, patterns, and templates for product experiences across desktop, native mobile and more, ensuring they are scalable and accessible
• Work closely with designers and engineers to design and implement high-quality, scalable additions to the design system, including components that support AI-powered features
• Collaborate with designers to identify opportunities for unifying designs across products, establishing consistency while allowing for flexibility
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation describing the standards and best practices of our component library as a reference for designers, developers, and product teams
• Leverage AI-powered design tools to accelerate component creation and documentation while maintaining design quality
• Implement and maintain processes for scaling, updating, and managing various parts of a design system
• Champion accessibility and inclusive design by ensuring all components meet WCAG standards
• Support the design community by sharing knowledge and contributing to design system adoption across teams

Requirements

• 3+ years of design experience
• Experience designing for accessibility and inclusivity
• Proficiency in Figma, including features like variants, auto-layout, component properties, and library management
• Experience leveraging AI-powered design tools to accelerate component creation and documentation
• Understanding of design system adoption strategies and how to support designers in using system components
• Experience building components that scale across web, iOS, Android, or other platforms
• Strong communication skills with ability to bridge design and engineering perspectives
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and their implications for design system architecture, including AI/ML integration patterns

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: 3+ years of design experience, experience designing for accessibility and inclusivity, proficiency in Figma, experience leveraging AI-powered design tools to accelerate component creation and documentation, understanding of design system adoption strategies and how to support designers in using system components, experience building components that scale across web, iOS, Android, or other platforms, strong communication skills with ability to bridge design and engineering perspectives, knowledge of emerging technologies and their implications for design system architecture, including AI/ML integration patterns
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience leveraging AI-powered design tools to accelerate component creation and documentation, Understanding of design system adoption strategies and how to support designers in using system components, Experience building components that scale across web, iOS, Android, or other platforms, Strong communication skills with ability to bridge design and engineering perspectives, Knowledge of emerging technologies and their implications for design system architecture, including AI/ML integration patterns

Skills

• Design systems
• Accessibility and inclusivity
• Figma
• AI-powered design tools
• Design research
• UX writing

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and 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

Pay

$117,800.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually

Schedule

Full-time