Product Designer

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

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 Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.?

??Microsoft SQL databases are known as relational databases, as systems that store collections of tables and organize structured sets of data in tabular format, similar to a spreadsheet. The databases are built using structured query language (SQL), the query language that not only makes up all relational databases and relational database management systems (RDBMS), but also enables them to "talk to each other". The Database Platform design team is looking for a technically focused Product Designer to design experiences that solve extremely complex interactions with elegance and simplicity.

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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

• Create and assess design solutions based on user research data, user goals, and business requirements

• Produce designs that illustrate optimal user experiences, deliverables may include storyboards, flows, wireframes, prototypes, and vision pieces.

• Work closely and constructively with product management, visual and interaction designers, engineers and user researchers to iterate and deliver flawlessly.

• Advocate for your design solutions by putting them in context of business and user goals.

• Have solid Information Architecture and visual design skills.

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Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field

• OR equivalent experience

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.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 2+ years related work 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 1+ year(s) relevant internship/work 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 user experiences for enterprise software/services

• Experience with project management and design process

• 2+ years of industry experience in interactive design and/or visual design

• Demonstrated breadth across Information Architecture, Usability, Interaction, and Visual Design

• Ability to create well-structured design prototypes, mockups, and other communication artifacts

• The ability to quickly turn around wireframes and mockups in an iterative environment

• The ability to scope and estimate efforts accurately and prioritize tasks and goals independently

• Experience creating and applying design principles and interaction patterns

• Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Figma Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or Sketch

Product Design IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $76,400 - $151,800 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 $100,300 - $165,400 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 17, 2024.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (~~~) .