Microsoft

Senior Product Designer

Microsoft$119K — $234K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant design field with 4-5+ years of experience in product or service design
  • Experience with AI in design, especially generative AI and agentic experiences
  • Technical background in engineering with proficiency in HTML, CSS, JS/TS, Python, and familiarity with React/Web Components
  • Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite with a portfolio of high-quality design outputs
  • Experience in the complete design process, from ideation to shipping products or services
  • Experience maintaining a design system and collaborative skills across various disciplines

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver product experiences from concept to launch
  • Work closely with engineers, ensuring design intent is realized during implementation
  • Utilize front-end technologies and prototyping tools to improve collaboration and inform design decisions
  • Navigate product ambiguity and shape directions based on customer needs and technology capabilities
  • Rapidly prototype and experiment with AI capabilities to uncover user experience opportunities
  • Produce a range of design artifacts using AI-powered tools and standard design software
  • Promote a positive team culture while mentoring junior members and ensuring clarity in team dynamics

Benefits

  • Supportive team environment fostering inclusion and growth
  • Access to advanced design tools and resources
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship
  • Creative freedom in exploring emerging AI technologies
  • Flexible work environment with potential remote working options
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with PM, Engineering, Research and Data Science partners to define and deliver product experiences from concept through launch
  • Partners with engineers throughout implementation, refining interactions, validating quality, and ensuring design intent is realized in the final product
  • Apply working knowledge of front-end technologies, developer tooling, and modern prototyping approaches to accelerate exploration, improve collaboration, and inform design decisions.
  • Navigate ambiguity and help shape product direction where customer needs, UX patterns, and technology capabilities are still emerging
  • Rapidly explore emerging AI capabilities through prototyping, experimentation, and hands-on making to validate concepts and uncover new user experience opportunities.
  • Produce design artifacts across fidelities (e.g., user flows, wireframes, journey maps, prototypes, high-fidelity visuals, redlines) using Figma, Vercel, and other AI-powered prototyping tools
  • Contributes to use and adoption of design systems, patterns, and guidelines to ensure scalable and consistent experiences
  • Support and collaborate with teammates, contributing to a positive, inclusive, and growth-oriented culture
  • Translate user insights and feedback into design solutions, ensuring accessibility and inclusivity
  • Creates clarity for other members of the team while mentoring the team's newer members.


Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, HCI, UX, Interaction Design, or related field AND 5+ years of experience in product or service design
    • OR Master's degree in related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design
    • OR equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications
  • 1+ years experience applying AI domain knowledge (including generative AI and AI agents) to real-world product or service design, with an understanding of agentic experiences, their constraints, and how to integrate them seamlessly into user experiences
  • 3+ years technical engineering experience and familiar with HTML, CSS, JS/TS, Python and comfortable with React and/or Web Components
  • 5+ years experience in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with examples of high-quality design artifacts produced (e.g., diagrams, wireframes, mockups)
  • 3+ years of end-to-end design process experience, including shipping products or delivering services to customers
  • 3+ years of experience contributing to or maintaining a design system
  • 4+ years of experience in strong collaboration skills, with demonstrated ability to work across disciplines (Design, PM, Engineering, Research)


Product Design IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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