Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Elevated Shopping (eshop) is a newly formed team chartered with creating a best-in-class shopping experience for Premium and Luxury brands. We partner with the most inspiring, creative, and recognizable brands in the world and empower them to tell their personalized story. Elevated Shopping works across Amazon, from Home Page, Search, and Brand Stores to Amazon Fulfillment technologies to give brands and shoppers a delightful, elevated, and high-confidence shopping experience. Elevated Shopping offers a dynamic workplace that is fueled by passionate collaboration. We take pride in developing new technologies and products to provide immersive shopping experiences for the world’s largest selection. We are looking for a Sr. Design Techonologist to drive content creation innovation with experience in developing GenAI, 2D, and 3D workflows who understands technical problems the team may face from an artistic perspective and provide creative technical solutions.
This role is for if you want to be a part of:
Driving the success and adoption of emerging GenAI driven 2D/3D experiences across Amazon
Partnering with world-class artists and scientists to drive innovation in e-commerce content creation
Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a Sr. Design Technologist who can deliver pragmatic creative solutions to the technical problems related to Amazon visuals. The right person will bring an implicit understanding of the balance needed between artistry, communication, and partnership—help scale GenAI workflows, content creation within Amazon.
Design Technologists in this role will:
Act as a bridge between art and engineering disciplines to solve multi-disciplinary problems
Seek out and develop solutions to resolve workflow bottlenecks or asset quality issues through standardization and automation
Collaborate with other Design Technologists and engineers to build and maintain a centralized suite of content creation products/tools
Work with art leadership to research and implement the latest industry trends that expand our production capabilities.
Advise on the creation and maintenance of asset pipelines for partner teams looking to adopt 3D content
A day in the life
As a Sr. Design Technologist a day may include but is not limited to coding and development of tools, workflows, and automation to improve the artist's experience and increase productivity. A day could look like programming in unreal blueprints, creating AI workflows through comfy ui to advance generated visuals and videos. Developing GenAI tools/workflows for to creating an automation workflow that advances the fidelity of 3D/CGI experiences. As a senior, they will be a mentor and leader for the team. An ideal candidate is observant, creative, curious, and empathetic. They believe that there is never just one approach to solve a given problem.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
8+ years working in a computer-graphics related field (VFX, Games, Film, Motion Graphics) in a similar role (Tech Artist, Pipeline TD, Pipeline Engineer, Art Tools Engineer)
GenAI dev, exploration, and continuous curiosity
Deep understanding of content creation and delivery process
Proficiency in a modern programming language
Experience building and maintaining internal pipelines and toolsets, including user documentation and education
Experience designing and building artist tools that extend DCC (Digital Content Creation) software packages
Understanding of current generation of real-time and offline rendering and shader techniques
Bachelor's Degree
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Broad knowledge of Maya, Unreal, Blender, Houdini, and Adobe Substance Suite
Familiar and up to date with GenAI(ComfyUI)
Experience with VRay, Unreal, Unity, or equivalent renderers
Interest or experience with e-commerce rendering trends (WebGL, glTF)
Experience with Python/C++/C#/Java
Experience with render farms, distributed rendering, and cloud architecture
Experience extending creative project management tools (Jira, Shotgun, ftrack)
Experience working with global outsourcing and contract-based content creation teams
Ability to analyze and optimize assets for real-time rendering
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,900/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Elevated Shopping (eshop) is a newly formed team chartered with creating a best-in-class shopping experience for Premium and Luxury brands. We partner with the most inspiring, creative, and recognizable brands in the world and empower them to tell their personalized story. Elevated Shopping works across Amazon, from Home Page, Search, and Brand Stores to Amazon Fulfillment technologies to give brands and shoppers a delightful, elevated, and high-confidence shopping experience. Elevated Shopping offers a dynamic workplace that is fueled by passionate collaboration. We take pride in developing new technologies and products to provide immersive shopping experiences for the world’s largest selection. We are looking for a Sr. Design Techonologist to drive content creation innovation with experience in developing GenAI, 2D, and 3D workflows who understands technical problems the team may face from an artistic perspective and provide creative technical solutions.
This role is for if you want to be a part of:
Driving the success and adoption of emerging GenAI driven 2D/3D experiences across Amazon
Partnering with world-class artists and scientists to drive innovation in e-commerce content creation
Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a Sr. Design Technologist who can deliver pragmatic creative solutions to the technical problems related to Amazon visuals. The right person will bring an implicit understanding of the balance needed between artistry, communication, and partnership—help scale GenAI workflows, content creation within Amazon.
Design Technologists in this role will:
Act as a bridge between art and engineering disciplines to solve multi-disciplinary problems
Seek out and develop solutions to resolve workflow bottlenecks or asset quality issues through standardization and automation
Collaborate with other Design Technologists and engineers to build and maintain a centralized suite of content creation products/tools
Work with art leadership to research and implement the latest industry trends that expand our production capabilities.
Advise on the creation and maintenance of asset pipelines for partner teams looking to adopt 3D content
A day in the life
As a Sr. Design Technologist a day may include but is not limited to coding and development of tools, workflows, and automation to improve the artist's experience and increase productivity. A day could look like programming in unreal blueprints, creating AI workflows through comfy ui to advance generated visuals and videos. Developing GenAI tools/workflows for to creating an automation workflow that advances the fidelity of 3D/CGI experiences. As a senior, they will be a mentor and leader for the team. An ideal candidate is observant, creative, curious, and empathetic. They believe that there is never just one approach to solve a given problem.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
8+ years working in a computer-graphics related field (VFX, Games, Film, Motion Graphics) in a similar role (Tech Artist, Pipeline TD, Pipeline Engineer, Art Tools Engineer)
GenAI dev, exploration, and continuous curiosity
Deep understanding of content creation and delivery process
Proficiency in a modern programming language
Experience building and maintaining internal pipelines and toolsets, including user documentation and education
Experience designing and building artist tools that extend DCC (Digital Content Creation) software packages
Understanding of current generation of real-time and offline rendering and shader techniques
Bachelor's Degree
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Broad knowledge of Maya, Unreal, Blender, Houdini, and Adobe Substance Suite
Familiar and up to date with GenAI(ComfyUI)
Experience with VRay, Unreal, Unity, or equivalent renderers
Interest or experience with e-commerce rendering trends (WebGL, glTF)
Experience with Python/C++/C#/Java
Experience with render farms, distributed rendering, and cloud architecture
Experience extending creative project management tools (Jira, Shotgun, ftrack)
Experience working with global outsourcing and contract-based content creation teams
Ability to analyze and optimize assets for real-time rendering
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,900/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Sr. Design Technologist, Elevated Shopping- post position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in New York City offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
