Product Designer II

Overview: Shaping the Future of Coding with AI

The CoreAI Computational Design team at Microsoft is at the forefront of shaping the next generation of coding environments across key platforms like VS Code, Azure AI Foundry, GitHub, and Visual Studio. This team integrates trust-building experiences in collaboration with the Microsoft Responsible AI team. We seek a π-shaped individual with deep awareness in both culture and coding, who thrives on bridging human needs with computational power. As coding evolves into a dialogue with agentic systems, we envision new possibilities for software development, deployment, and maintenance. Our mission is to realize this future by designing intuitive experiences that leverage scale and foster a collaborative sense with AI.

Responsible AI Designer Focus

Within this team, we are specifically looking for a Product Designer II to shape how developers experience Responsible AI across Microsoft's CoreAI ecosystem. You will be instrumental in designing generative UI patterns and trust-based interactions that seamlessly integrate AI governance, moving beyond mere compliance. This involves creating real-time guidance that empowers developers to build safely and efficiently, making the responsible choice the easiest one. This is a practical, impactful role; your designs will be implemented as infrastructure relied upon by millions of developers daily.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Research partners to define and iterate on product features from initial concept through to final delivery.
• Clearly communicate design ideas and decisions to the design team, key stakeholders, and organizational leaders, providing appropriate context at every stage.
• Translate user insights and feedback into thoughtful design solutions, with a strong focus on ensuring accessibility and inclusivity.
• Produce a range of design artifacts across various fidelities, including wireframes, journey maps, prototypes, high-fidelity visuals, and redlines, utilizing tools such as Figma, Vercel, and other AI prototyping tools.
• Apply and contribute to existing design systems, patterns, and guidelines to ensure the creation of scalable and consistent user experiences.
• Partner closely with developers during the implementation phase to refine details and ensure that designs meet precise specifications.
• Create rapid prototypes to effectively test ideas, gather valuable feedback, and iterate on designs efficiently.
• Stay current with emerging design trends, tools, and new technologies, and actively share these learnings with the broader team.
• Participate in design critiques, providing and receiving constructive feedback to continuously enhance team output.
• Support and collaborate effectively with teammates, fostering a positive, inclusive, and growth-oriented team culture.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), UX, Interaction Design, or a related field, AND 3+ years of experience in product or service design.
• OR equivalent experience, demonstrated through significant work in product or service design or the application of design thinking to solve complex problems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ year of 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.
• 1+ year of technical engineering experience and familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and comfort with React and/or Web Components.
• 3+ years of experience with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, showcased through examples of high-quality design artifacts (e.g., diagrams, wireframes, mockups).
• 1+ year of end-to-end design process experience, including successfully shipping products or delivering services to customers.
• 1+ year of experience contributing to or maintaining a design system.
• 2+ years of strong collaboration skills, with a demonstrated ability to work effectively across multiple disciplines (Design, Product Management, Engineering, Research).

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check. This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Key skills/competency

• Product Design
• UX/UI Design
• Generative AI
• Responsible AI
• Design Systems
• Prototyping
• User Research
• Collaboration
• Figma
• Front-end Development