Product Designer -II
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Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.
Within Microsoft Fabric, the Data Integration team enables organizations to connect, move, and shape data across their entire data estate. As data is generated across applications, devices, and systems, our integration capabilities make it easy to ingest, transform, and prepare data for downstream use. Fabric’s unified integration experience simplifies how customers bring data together, ensuring it is trusted, usable, and ready to power analytics, real-time insights, and AI scenarios.
The Data Gravity UX Design team in Data Cloud Studio creates connected data experiences across Microsoft Fabric. Our work spans beloved products that are already adopted at scale as well as future-facing concepts that make complex data tasks easier to understand and accomplish. We ground our work in direct customer evidence to make complex capabilities approachable without sacrificing depth. Join us to make powerful data experiences feel intuitive, trustworthy, and connected, while helping shape what’s next for AI-powered design.
We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.
Responsibilities
eliver end-to-end design of a defined set of data transformation and related Microsoft Fabric experiences, from understanding user needs through prototyping, execution, and iteration.
Synthesize user insights, product data, business needs, and technical constraints to identify explicit and unspoken needs and translate them into clear user experience plans.
Create and iterate user flows, wireframes, prototypes, detailed specifications, and user scenarios that support secure, accessible, and system-coherent experiences.
Balance incremental improvements to mature product areas with future-facing exploration, including AI-enabled experiences for data preparation, transformation, and connectivity.
Apply and contribute to design systems, patterns, interaction models, and visual design, ensuring local decisions strengthen the broader end-to-end Microsoft Fabric experience.
Collaborate closely with Product Management and Engineering to evaluate tradeoffs, communicate design rationale, perform implementation reviews and quality assurance, and carry designs through delivery.
Clearly present work and context to peers, managers, and stakeholders; invite feedback, influence collaborators, and contribute to an inclusive studio culture of learning and shared success.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum 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).
Additional or preferred qualifications
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 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).
2+ years experience shipping products, services, or games and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process.
Job Requirements: Other & Additional
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.
Preferred/Additional Qualifications
A strong human-centered design foundation and a portfolio demonstrating thoughtful problem framing, iteration, and high-quality product design execution.
Excellent interaction design and prototyping skills, creating end-to-end journeys, component behavior, design-system alignment, and pixel-level refinement.
An AI-forward mindset, including active use of AI in the design workflow and enthusiasm for designing responsible, useful AI-powered experiences.
Comfort partnering with engineers and working through technical complexity; familiarity with data, software, development tools, or code concepts is helpful.
Systems thinking and an ability to understand how decisions within one workflow affect the wider product and platform experience.
Clear communication, constructive collaboration, adaptability, curiosity, and a strong point of view held with openness to evidence and feedback.
Experience with, or interest in, content design, information architecture, data products, analytics, developer tools, or enterprise software is a plus.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOP)
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (Accessibility | Microsoft Careers).
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This 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.