Principal Design Technologist - Prototyping & Systems

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MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Employer:

SERVICES LLC

Offered Position:
Principal Design Technologist

Job Location:

Seattle, Washington

Job Number: AMZ
9442733

• Drive technical and design innovation across multiple teams by architecting complex, scalable solutions that influence product strategy and technical direction across the company's major platforms and services.
• Lead and mentor teams of Design Technologists, Software Engineers, and UX Designers, providing technical leadership and strategic direction for large-scale initiatives.
• Establish prototyping standards, best practices, and architectural patterns for prototype development adopted across multiple teams, improving development efficiency and product quality.
• Define and implement frameworks and tools that accelerate the prototyping process and enable rapid experimentation for multiple product teams simultaneously.
• Partner with and influence senior leadership to identify strategic opportunities, evaluate emerging technologies, and make critical decisions about technical investments that influence long-term product roadmaps.
• Architect and oversee development of complex distributed systems and tools that enable sophisticated user experience solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability across multiple platforms.
• Lead cross-team technical initiatives, including development of shared component libraries, design systems, and prototyping platforms that serve multiple business units.
• Drive innovation in prototyping methodologies by researching, evaluating, and implementing cutting‑edge technologies such as AR/VR, AI/ML integration, and advanced visualization techniques.
• Provide technical governance and architecture review for major initiatives, ensuring alignment with company‑wide technical and design standards while optimizing for innovation and speed.
• Establish metrics and evaluation frameworks for measuring the effectiveness of prototyping solutions and their impact on product development cycles across the organization.

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Human‑Centered Interaction (HCI), Cognitive Sciences, or a related field.
• Eight years of experience in the role or a related occupation.
• Eight years of experience in front‑end technology, engineering, or UX prototyping; coding in front‑end programming languages.
• Experience developing visually polished, engaging, and highly fluid UX prototypes.
• Experience collaborating with UX, Product, and technical partners.
• Experience in one of the following technologies:
  Native mobile development (Android/iOS), Python, Objective‑C, Swift, C#, HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript, web and server programming, responsive/adaptive design, Java, or SQL.
• Experience designing rich user interfaces using modern web frameworks such as React, Angular, and Vue.

is an Equal Opportunity‑Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.

40 hours / week, 8:00am‑5:00pm, Salary Range $183,500/year to $248,200/year.

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