Amazon
Principal UX Researcher, AWS Experience Analytics (EXA)
$181K–$245K
Seattle, WA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Arlington, VA - Experience
- 12+ years conducting qualitative and quantitative research in a corporate setting.
- Education
- PhD in HCI, Social Science, or a related field.
About the job
Shapes AWS’s customer-journey research strategy, translating qualitative and quantitative signals into insights that inform product roadmaps and improve customer experiences at scale.
What you'll do
- Define how AWS measures and interprets customer-journey health, and turn journey signals into actionable insights for service teams.
- Lead alignment across engineering, science, and product teams; strengthen research quality and scalable methods, and mentor researchers.
- Develop generative-AI prototypes and proof-of-concept tools to surface customer insights or scale research.
What they ask for
- PhD in HCI, Social Science, or a related field.
- 12+ years conducting qualitative and quantitative research in a corporate setting, with demonstrated cross-organizational impact.
- Track record defining research strategy that influenced product direction across multiple teams or organizations.
- Experience working with data scientists and engineers to develop models and metrics; mentoring researchers; and conducting B2B research at scale.
Nice to have
- Experience building and scaling research practices, working with large-scale technology platforms, or researching agent-supported experiences.
- Experience with customer journey analytics, metrics, behavioral segmentation, or experimentation; proficiency in Python, SQL, or equivalent tools.
Pay
181,100.00 - 245,000.00 USD annually (base salary); 181,100.00 - 245,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL
AI focus
Develop prototypes and proof-of-concept tools using generative AI to surface and communicate customer insights or scale research; the role addresses changing customer journeys involving agentic AI.
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