Microsoft Product Designer II 

United States, Washington 

325686680

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 3+ years experience working in product or service design
  • OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
• 2+years experiencewith current design tools (e.g.

Other Requirements:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 5+ years experience working in product or service design
  • OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 3+ years experience working in product or service design
  • OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
• Experience designing products in a technical product space
• Experience creating interactive prototypes
• Experience working in an engineering sprint-based environment
• Working knowledge of VS Code or other development tools
• Fluency inbasic web fundamentals(semantic and accessible HTML, CSS variables, progressive enhancement, modern vanilla JavaScript, and web components.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 13, 2025.

• You'll work side-by-side with developers, product managers, and researchers to design, build, and ship new experiences in VS Code every single month. Because VS Code is an open-source project, you'll be interacting directly with the developer community and designing alongside them "in the open".
• You will work with a senior team member to design experiences that cut across the whole product: from core code editing experiences to cutting-edge AI workflows. You will also work with others to evolve the VS Code design system, design resources (toolkits, icon library), and design patterns to deliver cohesive user experience.
• Our ideal candidate is a Product Designer who can contribute and build solid rationale for design decisions; can contribute to creating guidelines, best practices and repeatable design patterns; has participated in inclusive and accessible design work and understands how to implement accessible designs.
• Our ideal candidate enjoys both product design and web technologies. From roadmap planning to designing features to making code changes directly, you'll collaborate deeply with the team, have a high degree of ownership and will be empowered to deliver the best possible experiences to VS Code's users. You have a high bar for quality and excellence, and value moving quickly and iteratively as a style of working.
• A portfolio review presentation is expected as part of the interview process for this role. Your presentation should showcase your work experience and demonstrate your design and web coding skills, along with your authentic interest for the space through compelling communication.
• Embody our &