Description

AWS Kumo is a fast-growing, agile and collaborative team of technologists with diverse backgrounds from all parts of the globe including United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and other geographies. We combine the culture of a startup, the innovation and creativity of an R&D lab, the work-life balance of a mature organization, and AWS-scale technical challenges. We own critical cloud services used by all AWS customers to build, optimize, manage, and operate at scale. Our broad portfolio of services includes AWS Managed Services (AMS), AWS Health, Trusted Advisor, Well-Architected, re:Post, Recommendations & Insights, Self-service Automation, Support Center, next generation Routing, and more, as well as all the internal tooling used by our global support organization to provide exceptional customer engagement. Kumo’s product portfolio includes AI/GenAI to build the next generational experiences for customers, predicatively recommend solutions and proactively solves customer problems.

We are a critical area of growth for Amazon where you’ll be involved in all aspects of the software development lifecycle from research to ideation, and you will invent the next innovation working collaboratively with leaders across Kumo to bring them to life. You will own the architectural design and implementation of highly impactful AWS product offerings, and utilize your full range of technical, research, customer and software development skills.

We're looking for a talented, passionate User Experience designer to join our team. The ideal candidate is comfortable with complexity and solving hard problems. They have experience in enterprise products and have strong ideation skills, holistic systems thinking, deep attention to detail, with a passion for making difficult tasks into simple delightful experiences. In this role, this UX designer will work closely with Product and Engineering partners. Collaboration and product ownership is essential, as well as being a great communicator, who can tame ambiguity and align with stakeholders.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.

Amazon knows that a diverse, inclusive culture empowers us all to deliver the best results for our customers. We celebrate diversity in our workforce and in the ways we work. As part of our inclusive culture, we offer accommodations during the interview and onboarding process. If you’d like to discuss your accommodation options, please contact your recruiter, who will partner you with the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT). You may also contact ACAT directly by emailing acat-africa@amazon.com. We want all Amazonians to have the best possible Day 1 experience. If you’ve already completed the interview process, you can contact ACAT for accommodation support before you start to ensure all your needs are met Day 1.

Key job responsibilities

• Create user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, voice of the customer, user journeys, customer feedback, and usability findings.

• Quickly and iteratively create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high fidelity mockups and detailed UI and visual design specifications

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams, as well as business stakeholders and executive leadership.

• Utilize and adhere to design guidelines and standardization across all of the team's products.

• Incorporate customer feedback, technical constraints, and usability findings into design.

• Develop and maintain detailed information architecture and design specifications.

• Be resourceful and creative to overcome obstacles and turn challenges into opportunities.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Cape Town, ZAF

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer experience

• Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps

• Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs

• Bachelor's degree in design / human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent years of experience

• Professional proficiency in high-fidelity mockup and prototyping tools such as Figma or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present a strong rationale for design decisions

• Ability to work efficiently and demonstrate a bias for action in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment

• Experience working with distributed teams

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.