Senior 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, and more openness. 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 in 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 messaging and real-time analytics team provides comprehensive solutions and a robust platform that enables users to ingest high granularity signals (real-time & observability) and complex data, converting those into a competitive advantage in real-time for both end users and modern applications.  ​

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We’re an international, multidisciplinary team of product designers, content writers, UX researchers, and top-tier developers. The work is complex, challenging, and full of opportunities to influence, make an impact, and grow. Most importantly, we’re a genuinely great group of people who love what we do.

We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer who thrives when tackling complex user needs, loves refining intricate problems into elegant solutions, and is passionate about design craft without losing sight of design thinking. If that sounds like you, let’s talk!

We do not just value differences, 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

• Build user experiences that are driven by user needs, jobs-to-be-done (JTBD framework), and business needs.
• Work closely with developers and program managers to bring designs to life within technical and performance constraints.
• Collaborate with designers to maintain consistency across experiences.
• Partner with researchers to plan, interpret, and apply user testing insights.
• Communicate and document design direction clearly for team members, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Contribute to the growth of an established, successful design team.
• Thrive in an international team with effective communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Embody our culture and values 

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 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 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

    o 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 y