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Senior Product Designer

Microsoft


Job Location:

Mountain View, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 119800 - 234700
Posted: 6 October 2026 (3 days ago)
Application Deadline: 3 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Product Design

Job Summary

Overview

At Microsoft we are developing technologies that will revolutionize how people interact with each other and their CoreAI organization builds the end-to-end AI stack and we are looking to welcome a new senior product designer. For this role were looking for a creator with expertise in command line-style design a passion for experimenting with emerging AI interaction patterns and enough engineering fluency to collaborate deeply with developers as you design agentic experiences.

We invite you to join us in our mission and vision to build the future of AI-powered experiences at Microsoft.

Microsofts mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect integrity and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.



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 teams newer members.


Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in Industrial Design Product Design HCI UX Interaction Design or related fieldAND5 years of experiencein product or service design
    • OR Masters degree in related field AND 4years experienceworking in product or service design
    • OR equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • 1years experienceapplying 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 $119800 - $234700 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 $160200 - $261000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.



Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry citizenship color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information immigration status marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran or military status race ethnicity religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process read more about requesting accommodations.


Required Experience:

IC