Senior Product Designer · Microsoft AI

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:12:16 GMT
Design

Microsoft AI · Mountain View · Base pay range: $119,800 - $234,700 per year · hybrid

At Microsoft AI, we are inventing an AI Companion for everyone – an AI designed with real personality and emotional intelligence that’s always in your corner. Defined by effortless communication, extraordinary capabilities, and a new level of connection and support, we want Copilot to define the next wave of technology.

This is a rare opportunity to be a part of a team crafting something that challenges everything we know about software and consumer products. We’re a small, friendly, fast-moving team, supporting one another to do the best work of our lives, always looking to break new ground with an unshakeable dedication to the user.

We are proud of what we build, how we build it, and that our products define the AI era while earning the trust of our users. We run lean, prioritize quality, meaningful innovation and polish, and always root our decisions in research and evidence. We ship regularly, so your work will have real and immediate impact.

Our Core Values:

Quality. We only deliver category-defining products that delight with their ease of use, guaranteed reliability, and beautiful, coherent design.

Simplicity. We don’t overcomplicate. Less is more, always.

Safety & Security. The highest standards of security, safety and responsibility are non-negotiable across all our business areas.

Evaluation. We pay close attention to signals and aren’t afraid to change course when data and our experience tells us to.

Kindness. Kindness is at the heart of our org and how we conduct ourselves.

Our Design Principles:

Create Magical Moments

Guide the Journey

Personality is Pivotal

Always be Earning Trust

Sweat the Details

Be in Service to People

The Role:

We’re on the lookout for a talented and passionate craftsperson and prototyper to drive the core user experience of our AI companion, Copilot. This role will look across all of Copilot’s capabilities and skills to define the core user experience and interaction patterns that span across the product.

Responsibilities:

Ship world-class AI applications that delight consumers with an emphasis on craft, quality, trust, and positive user and societal impact

Own a product area and be responsible for understanding user needs and behaviors, defining product requirements, managing end-to-end product development, launches and iterations

Cross-functional communication and dependency management, scoping and scheduling, and seeing through implementation by collaborating with engineering through the finish line

Find your own path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively

Set the bar for excellence and quality and hold the team accountable to that standard

Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle

Requirements:

Master’s Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design OR 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 equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems)

Preferred Qualifications:

A portfolio or work samples that demonstrates experience designing world class consumer products from vision through launch

Proven track record of setting design vision for innovative products that require bold thinking and risk taking

Ability to break large bodies of work into a phased execution plan, and lead a cross-functional team from idea to polished implementation

Experience with diving into research and leveraging both qualitative and quantitative signals for design impact

Ability to own your work in a fast-paced. start-up like environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to ever-changing requirements and deadlines

Work samples that demonstrate a high bar for quality and craft in visual design and interaction design

Work samples that demonstrate prototyping ability

Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering to ensure details make it to the hands of the user

Experience that demonstrates proven ability to advocate for design thinking, influence design outcomes, discover problems and tackle them in fast-paced and ambiguous environments

Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team.

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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 $158,400 – $258,000 per year.