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

Job description

We are looking for a Principal UX Designer to 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. The ideal candidate combines elite visual craft with deep technical fluency, operates as an "architect of systemic solutions" rather than a feature designer, and has a track record of shipping design systems that scale across complex B2B enterprise environments. Key job responsibilities 1. 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 2. Architect and govern a unified design system across the security portfolio, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and scalability for high-density data interfaces 3. 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 4. Drive "design-as-code" practices: build production-quality prototypes using modern stacks (React, TypeScript) to collapse design-engineering feedback loops 5. Establish UX quality benchmarks and lead critique sessions across the organization, elevating design maturity and…