Microsoft

Web Platform Lead, Creative Studio

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

Qualifications

  • 5+ years front-end engineering on production marketing or editorial sites
  • Strong JavaScript/TypeScript with modern frameworks (React, Vue, etc.)
  • Expertise in HTML and CSS, including layout and animation fundamentals
  • Hands-on WordPress experience and familiarity with other CMS platforms
  • Experience with scaling content-driven sites
  • Track record in accessibility best practices
  • Experience managing formal review processes without losing productivity
  • Strong QA and release discipline with experience in bug tracking and test planning

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain the front end of microsoft.ai
  • Transform Figma designs into responsive, accessible production pages
  • Create custom interactive components such as media players and visualizations
  • Manage the content authoring experience for easy publishing by writers
  • Ensure performance and accessibility across site launches
  • Oversee compliance through accessibility, security, and privacy reviews
  • Handle versioning, documentation, and the release process for maintainability
  • Evaluate and adapt the underlying platform as requirements change

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Comprehensive healthcare options
  • Generous retirement plans
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Employee discounts and perks
Full Job Description
Overview

Microsoft AI - Creative Studio

You9ll own the front-end build and ongoing development of microsoft.ai, the public home for Microsoft AI9s research, models, and news. You9ll partner with designers, writers, and creative producers to take comps to production, build custom interactive components, and shape where the platform goes next. You9ll also own the operational side of the platform: the requirements, the review gates, and the release process that stand between a finished design and a live page.

Responsibilities
What you9ll do
  • Build and maintain the front end of microsoft.ai, from templates and components through publishing workflows
  • Turn Figma designs into responsive, accessible production pages with pixel-level fidelity
  • Build custom interactive components: media players, embedded demos, data visualizations, model showcases
  • Own the content authoring experience so writers and producers can publish without engineering support
  • Drive performance, accessibility, and QA across launches - profiling, caching, CDN strategy, and WCAG conformance are yours to own
  • Carry engineering compliance through Microsoft9s accessibility, security, privacy, and legal review processes
  • Own versioning, documentation, and release process so the platform stays maintainable as the team grows
  • Help evaluate and evolve the site9s underlying platform as needs change


Qualifications
Required
  • 5+ years front-end engineering on production marketing or editorial sites
  • Strong JavaScript/TypeScript and modern component frameworks (React, Vue, or similar)
  • Expert HTML and CSS, including layout, typography, and animation fundamentals
  • Hands-on WordPress experience alongside at least one other Content Management System or stack
  • Experience shipping content-driven sites at scale
  • Demonstrated accessibility practice
  • Experience shepherding work through formal review gates - accessibility, security, privacy, or legal - without losing momentum
  • Strong QA and release discipline: test plans, launch checklists, and a bug backlog you drive to zero
  • Track record shipping on tight timelines alongside design and content partners
  • Portfolio of design-forward interactive work
Preferred
  • Motion and creative-tech experience: GSAP, WebGL, Three.js, Canvas, or similar
  • Headless or decoupled architecture, or experience migrating a site between platforms
  • High-traffic sites under brand, legal, or accessibility review
  • Azure hosting, CI/CD, and third-party API integration
  • Interest in emerging platform capabilities (WebGPU, view transitions, Houdini APIs)


Software Engineering 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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