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UX Researcher II (Quant), ASBX Design & User Research

Amazon, Jackson, Mississippi, United States,


UX Researcher II (Quant), ASBX Design & User Research

Job ID: 2789480 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.Amazon Software Builder Experience has a mission to make Amazon the best place to be a software builder. It was established in 2022 bringing together existing and new teams with a focus on modernizing processes and tools. The organization is invested in deeply understanding the software builder experience in order to uncover areas of opportunity to improve it through tooling or process. As a UX Researcher you will undertake generative, tactical and evaluative research to create insights about the software builder experience at Amazon. You will use a mix of different methodologies to answer ambiguous questions about the software builder experience. You will collaborate with a team of passionate, supportive and skilled researchers to create new approaches to exciting problems. We are looking for someone very comfortable with quantitative methodologies and approaches.

Key job responsibilities

Independently lead quant focused UX research projects (survey design, implementation, statistical analysis, quant usability, etc.) with a particular focus on building knowledge about the software builder experience.Conduct psychometric and econometric analyses to evaluate integrity and practical application of survey questions and data.Own the end-to-end lifecycle of the study design, including recruiting, moderation, analysis, reporting, and communicating research initiatives.Identify and execute research streams to evaluate how to mitigate or remove sources of measurement error.Work from high-level requirements and ask the right questions to gather all relevant information to guide research approach.Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders — senior leadership, engineers, product managers, UX designers and other researchers.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

PhD in a quantitative field, or MS degree and 2+ years of quantitative field research experience.Experience developing and validating survey measures or assessments.Experience with data analysis package (R, SAS, Matlab, etc.).Experience leading research projects with multiple stakeholders.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Human Factors, Human Computer Interaction, Behavioral Economics, Statistics or a related field.Domain expertise in researching the software builder/developer experience.Experience investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products.Demonstrable experience in any of the following areas (multiple areas preferred): sample design, conjoint surveys, data wrangling, nonresponse adjustment, survey weighting, causal analysis, experimental design, multiple imputation.

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