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User experience design roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field. Employers file a Labor Condition Application with DOL before petitioning USCIS, and the 85,000-cap lottery runs each April for an October 1 start date.
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We are looking for a UX Designer to help us build the future of the Amazon Lists experience. The right candidate is at ease assisting in research, the creation of scenarios, sketches, story boards, wire-frames, and prototypes. You will assist the team in visualizing an experience in the abstract, gather relevant research data, break down complex use-cases, and ultimately help drive the vision into solid design deliverables. You think first from the customer’s perspective, set relentlessly high standards for yourself and deliver best-in-class design work. You thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment and embrace the idea that failure is a critical part of innovation. You balance your passion for inspired, compelling, elegant yet simple designs with a highly analytical nature, immaculately precise execution, and a relentless drive to learn, design, build and deliver.
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate cross-functionally with design, product, engineering, and research teams from early concept through launch, ensuring bar-raising quality to market.
- Create and communicate the vision for user experiences across a range of surfaces and interaction models, including mobile, voice, and conversational patterns.
- Use customer research, competitive analysis, behavioral signals, and quantitative data to identify opportunities, validate design direction, and continuously refine assumptions.
- Build scalable pattern libraries, templates, and component specs that support consistency and integrate with broader design systems.
- Think systemically, designing within and contributing to frameworks that create coherent experiences, while knowing when to create unique, product-defining moments.
- Tell compelling stories through the user experience and in reviews, driving alignment with partners and leadership through clear verbal and written communication.
- Inspire and elevate the craft of the UX team through collaboration, feedback, and a commitment to continuous learning.
A day in the life
As a designer on the Lists team, you will be a hands-on designer unafraid to take on the toughest challenges, scales their impact with proactive collaboration with other designers, and elevates the design quality of the entire team. You will develop strong relationships with fellow designers and partner closely with product, engineering, and business counterparts throughout the organization to launch bar-raising experiences for customers around the world. You have a passion for solving our customers' problems, always putting their needs first.
About the team
You'll join the Shopping Design team at Amazon—a group of designers, technologists, program and product managers who design the global Amazon shopping experience for customers. We own the end-to-end shopping experience, and design the features that make it easy for customers to discover, evaluate, and transact on Amazon. We enable 300+ shopping designers outside of our organization and thousands of tech resources with design patterns, systems, tools, customer insights, and best practices to design a cohesive and delightful shopping CX. Our mission is to design magical shopping experiences that customers use daily and love.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar
- Knowledge of design process
- Experience in visual design demonstrated through design concepts, case studies, documentation, mockups and style guides
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in a highly agile environment
- Experience working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
- Knowledge of mobile and web design patterns and accessibility standards
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.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, WA, Seattle
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: 81,000.00 - 141,700.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a UX Designer to help us build the future of the Amazon Lists experience. The right candidate is at ease assisting in research, the creation of scenarios, sketches, story boards, wire-frames, and prototypes. You will assist the team in visualizing an experience in the abstract, gather relevant research data, break down complex use-cases, and ultimately help drive the vision into solid design deliverables. You think first from the customer’s perspective, set relentlessly high standards for yourself and deliver best-in-class design work. You thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment and embrace the idea that failure is a critical part of innovation. You balance your passion for inspired, compelling, elegant yet simple designs with a highly analytical nature, immaculately precise execution, and a relentless drive to learn, design, build and deliver.
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate cross-functionally with design, product, engineering, and research teams from early concept through launch, ensuring bar-raising quality to market.
- Create and communicate the vision for user experiences across a range of surfaces and interaction models, including mobile, voice, and conversational patterns.
- Use customer research, competitive analysis, behavioral signals, and quantitative data to identify opportunities, validate design direction, and continuously refine assumptions.
- Build scalable pattern libraries, templates, and component specs that support consistency and integrate with broader design systems.
- Think systemically, designing within and contributing to frameworks that create coherent experiences, while knowing when to create unique, product-defining moments.
- Tell compelling stories through the user experience and in reviews, driving alignment with partners and leadership through clear verbal and written communication.
- Inspire and elevate the craft of the UX team through collaboration, feedback, and a commitment to continuous learning.
A day in the life
As a designer on the Lists team, you will be a hands-on designer unafraid to take on the toughest challenges, scales their impact with proactive collaboration with other designers, and elevates the design quality of the entire team. You will develop strong relationships with fellow designers and partner closely with product, engineering, and business counterparts throughout the organization to launch bar-raising experiences for customers around the world. You have a passion for solving our customers' problems, always putting their needs first.
About the team
You'll join the Shopping Design team at Amazon—a group of designers, technologists, program and product managers who design the global Amazon shopping experience for customers. We own the end-to-end shopping experience, and design the features that make it easy for customers to discover, evaluate, and transact on Amazon. We enable 300+ shopping designers outside of our organization and thousands of tech resources with design patterns, systems, tools, customer insights, and best practices to design a cohesive and delightful shopping CX. Our mission is to design magical shopping experiences that customers use daily and love.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar
- Knowledge of design process
- Experience in visual design demonstrated through design concepts, case studies, documentation, mockups and style guides
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in a highly agile environment
- Experience working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
- Knowledge of mobile and web design patterns and accessibility standards
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.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, WA, Seattle
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: 81,000.00 - 141,700.00 USD annually
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in User Experience Design
Verify your portfolio meets specialty occupation standards
USCIS requires your role to demand a specific degree, not just any bachelor's. Frame your portfolio around systems-level UX work, not general design tasks. Research briefs, information architecture deliverables, and usability testing documentation reinforce the specialty occupation argument.
Use O*NET to anchor your job description
Pull the official occupation profile from O*NET before negotiations begin. Employers unfamiliar with H-1B filings often write vague job descriptions that invite Requests for Evidence. Aligning your title and duties to the O*NET definition strengthens the LCA and I-129 petition.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate to filter UX roles by employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications for design-related positions. Past filings indicate the company has internal H-1B infrastructure, reducing the risk of an employer backing out mid-process.
Negotiate the offer before LCA certification begins
Once your employer submits the LCA to DOL, the offered wage is locked in for the certification period. Salary discussions become far harder after that point. Confirm the title, wage level, and work location in writing before your employer initiates the DOL filing.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting a STEM-adjacent offer
If you're transitioning from OPT and targeting roles at companies that hire UX researchers under a STEM designation, your employer must be E-Verify enrolled. Non-enrolled employers can't support a STEM OPT extension, which affects your timeline leading into the H-1B lottery.
Document remote and hybrid work locations in the LCA
DOL requires a separate LCA for each worksite where you'll spend significant time. If your UX role is hybrid across two metro areas, your employer needs to list both. Missing a worksite is a common compliance gap that can trigger DOL audits after filing.
H-1B Visa User Experience Design: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a UX design role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the job posting and employer requirements specify a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field such as human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, or design. Generalist roles that accept any bachelor's degree are more vulnerable to USCIS Requests for Evidence. Tying the role to a specific academic discipline through the offer letter and job description strengthens the petition significantly.
How do I find UX employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate filters UX design roles by employers with verified Labor Condition Application filing history, so you can see which companies have actually sponsored H-1B workers for design positions rather than relying on self-reported sponsorship claims in job postings. LCA data from DOL is public and updated regularly, making it a reliable indicator of a company's sponsorship track record.
What wage level should I expect an employer to offer on my LCA?
Employers must pay at least the prevailing wage for your occupation, location, and experience level, as determined by the DOL. Most mid-level UX roles fall at wage levels two or three on the OFLC Wage Search scale. Filing at an artificially low wage level increases the risk of a DOL audit and can complicate your ability to switch employers later under H-1B portability rules.
Can I change jobs after my H-1B is approved for a UX role?
Yes, under H-1B portability rules you can start working for a new employer once they file an H-1B transfer petition, without waiting for USCIS approval, provided your original H-1B was approved and your new role is in the same or a substantially similar specialty occupation. For UX professionals, moving between product design, UX research, and UX strategy roles typically satisfies this standard.
Does UX contract or freelance work affect my H-1B eligibility?
H-1B status requires a bona fide employer-employee relationship, which means your sponsoring employer must control your work, not just the end client. UX professionals placed at client sites through staffing firms are common in this category. USCIS scrutinizes third-party placement arrangements closely, so confirm that your employer sets your schedule, reviews your deliverables, and can terminate the engagement directly.