Principal Product Designer

Join Microsoft’s AI Experiences Design & Research team to help shape how people discover and engage with AI-powered consumer content and media across Microsoft products. In this Seattle, WA (onsite) Principal Product Designer role, you will design end-to-end experiences, collaborate across disciplines, and help raise design excellence through scalable systems and thoughtful interaction design.

Compensation: USD 142,800 - 304,200 per year (U.S. base pay range may vary by location). Additional pay and benefits information is available here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay.

What you’ll do

• Build product experiences grounded in a deep understanding of customer behaviors, motivations, and needs.
• Apply strong visual and interaction design skills to every surface, maintaining a high bar for craftsmanship.
• Design innovative, generative AI-driven features that improve how users find and engage with media and content.
• Help define what AI-native experiences look and feel like at scale.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, researchers, and content strategists to define, iterate, and ship features while aligning user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
• Present concepts and decisions clearly to cross-functional partners and stakeholders, explaining rationale confidently.
• Develop design narratives using prototypes, flows, and presentations.
• Use and contribute to the design system to support consistency and scalability.
• Propose new patterns when needed and partner with engineers to implement designs with precision.
• Support a culture of creativity and innovation through mentorship and collaboration with other designers.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or a related field AND 5+ years product or service design experience.
• OR Master’s Degree in a related field AND 4+ years experience.
• OR equivalent experience (for example, demonstrated product or service design experience or using design thinking to solve problems).
• 5+ years experience in product or service design, ideally in consumer-facing products.
• Strong visual design skills, with interaction design grounded in UX fundamentals.
• Experience designing AI-powered or content/media experiences.
• Familiarity with generative AI and vibe coding is a plus.
• Experience with accessibility and inclusive design.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to advocate for design decisions to cross-functional partners.
• Experience designing and prototyping in Figma.
• Your resume must include a link to your design portfolio (and a password if applicable).

Tools

• Figma

Location and pay details

• The typical base pay range across the U.S. is USD 142,800 - 274,800 per year.
• In the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is USD 188,000 - 304,200 per year.