UX Designer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Looking to design impactful solutions and projects? How about taking on a big role and a real challenge? The Finance Technology (FinTech) team is seeking a talented and passionate User Experience Designer to join our growing UX Design team. This key team member will work collaboratively with engineers, product managers, and other designers, leading design throughout the strategy, design, and development life-cycle.
We are looking for candidates who are:
· capable of designing simple and elegant experiences for typical end users
· capable of accommodating important edge use cases to assure an awesome experience across the spectrum of end users without detracting from the typical user experience
· consistently produce crisp UX that encourage end user thoughts and actions to offer them the best user experience for their objectives
· knowledgeable about the full life cycle of new product/service development
· able to understand and compliment the work of the technical and engineering development and operational staff they work with to deliver results
· able to proactively stay in touch with their end user community to assure they understand and deliver on their needs
· willing to collaborate in a larger design community within Amazon to strengthen the results of their specific program commitments.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· An online portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating user-centered design solutions (flows, prototypes, wireframes) and solid visual designs (mockups and style guides)
· Minimum 2-3 years industry experience providing interaction design solutions for web and/or software applications.
· Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience as an interactive/user experience designer.
· Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs.
· Comprehensive understanding of the current state of web technology and best practices.
· Ability to define patterns and advocate for consistency, without repressing inspiration or inhibiting innovation.
· Proficiency in a variety of standard design tools such as Sketch and InVision.