Product Designer

By joining our team, you will be at the heart of envisioning, creating, and craftingMicrosoft Teams-theultimateAI forwardproductivity workspace for real-time collaboration and communication, meetings,fileand app sharing.

As a Product Designer working on the Teams Design System, you will define industrystandard design patterns for the Teams Mobile and Desktop/Web apps. You'll develop and maintain UI kits, UI and UX usage guidelines, and best practices for internal and external stakeholders. In close collaboration with feature designers and engineers, you'll design, spec, and deliver components and design system infrastructure underpinning the Teams product and the broader Fluent design system. You will operate at the front lines of design system advancement-leading with AIpowered solutions to evolve how systems are created, maintained, and scaled. This includes shaping and leveraging AIdriven tooling and workflows to dramatically improve efficiency, consistency, and speed, while helping define the future of how designers build with and through the system. Additionally, you'll create, audit, and continuously innovate on design assets used daily by designers, ensuring quality, trust, and highly efficient endtoend workflows.

This opportunity will allow you to grow your design systems craft, learn how to collaborate effectively with engineers and feature designers on shared infrastructure, and develop early expertise in applying AIdriven tools and workflows to streamline system creation and maintenance.

As a Product Designer, you will contribute to the implementation and upkeep of existing design system components and assets across mobile and web surfaces. You'll support senior designers by helping prepare component specs, updating documentation, and ensuring system assets remain accurate, accessible, and up to date. You'll incorporate feedback from feature teams, and make impactful improvements to Design System resources and guidelines. You'll also participate in design reviews, build fluency with design system tools and workflows, and develop an understanding of how shared systems are used in real product scenarios.

Microsoft's 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.

• Support anAIenableddesign systemby helpingmaintaincomponents, tokens, and documentation that integrate effectively withAIassisteddesign anddesigntocodeworkflows.
• UseAI tools responsiblyto improve efficiency and quality-supportingcomponentupdates, documentation, and consistency checks while learning best practices for accessibility, system standards, and responsible AI use.
• Enable design system adoption by creating and improving resources such as quick starts, readmes, intool guidance, SharePoint content, and participating in office hours or consultations to reduce friction for designers.
• Collaborate closely withengineering partnersandparticipatein quality assurance to ensure system components meet design, accessibility, and implementation standards, while developing the confidence to surface and question design limitations.
• Create supporting artifacts such asuser flows, decision trees, and interaction modelsto help clarify system behavior and contribute to broader product UX improvements.
• Produceclear, detailed design specificationsthat communicatecomponentstructure, behavior, accessibility requirements, and visual guidelines tocrossdisciplinarypartners.
• Work collaboratively withdesigners, product managers, engineers, and researchersto help deliver polished,productionreadycomponents, patterns, and documentation.
• Communicate and present your work and learnings within your studio team, developing the ability to advocate for design decisions in the context of user needs and business goals.

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

Other Requirements:

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.