Principal Design Technologist, Prime Video
Explicitly references vibe coding techniques and focuses on AI-enabled prototyping and GenAI tooling for rapid prototype development.
About the Role
Lead design prototyping and technical direction for Prime Video's enterprise tools, driving AI-enabled solutions, design system development, and high-fidelity 0-1 prototypes while training and mentoring the PVXD organization in AI tooling and prototyping practices.
Job Description
Role
The Principal Design Technologist on Prime Video’s PVXD Enterprise (PRIZE) team is a strategic technical leader responsible for defining the vision and delivering high-fidelity prototypes, building AI-enabled solutions, and providing design system and training support for enterprise-focused tooling.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the technical vision for design prototyping across Prime Video’s enterprise product portfolio.
- Lead and mentor design technologists and cross-functional partners (designers, PMs, engineers) from concept through prototype to implementation.
- Train and upskill PVXD designers and partners in AI tooling, vibe coding techniques, and prototyping capabilities.
- Build bespoke, AI-enabled solutions to automate undifferentiated work and streamline enterprise workflows.
- Provide design technology support for creating and maintaining an enterprise-focused design system, including component development and documentation.
- Architect and implement high-fidelity, functional prototypes (0-1 initiatives) for web-based enterprise platforms to validate concepts with customers and stakeholders.
- Establish best practices, technical standards, and prototyping methodologies for web-based enterprise platforms and operator tools.
- Influence product strategy through technical prototyping that demonstrates feasibility and customer value, particularly leveraging GenAI/ML.
Day in the life
- Architect prototypes for content delivery, marketing automation, production tools, and localization workflows using frontend technologies such as HTML/CSS/JS, React.js, Redux, and Motion.js.
- Run hands-on training sessions and workshops to upskill designers on AI prototyping tools and emerging GenAI capabilities.
- Collaborate closely with enterprise design system team to build component libraries, documentation, and ensure system consistency.
- Demo prototypes to stakeholders and senior leadership to secure buy-in and guide product decisions.
Team
You will be part of the Enterprise Experience & Design Program Management team within PVXD, partnering with UX researchers, design technologists, and engineering teams to prototype enterprise experiences for internal and external partners.
Basic Qualifications
- 10+ years of front-end technologist, engineer, or UX prototyper experience.
- Online portfolio and front-end coding samples demonstrating leadership and technical depth.
- Proven experience developing visually polished, highly fluid UX prototypes at scale.
- Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring technical teams and influencing product strategy through prototyping.
- Experience training and enabling design teams to adopt new tools and technical capabilities.
- Experience contributing to or building design systems (component development and documentation).
- Experience prototyping and scaling internal tools from concept to implementation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of databases and AWS database services (ElasticSearch, Redshift, DynamoDB).
- Extensive experience with machine learning tools and GenAI applications.
- Expert-level experience in areas such as native mobile development (Android/iOS), Python, Objective-C, Swift, C#, HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript, Java, and SQL.
- Experience establishing technical standards and best practices for design technology teams and presenting technical work to executive leadership.
- Experience with AI-assisted development and rapid prototyping tools.