The Microsoft Azure UX team is looking for an experienced, motivated, creative, and customer-focused designer to elevate the user experience for Azure - the world’s computer. You will join a fast-paced, growing, and passionate team. We strive to deliver customer-centric, elegant solutions for complex enterprise scenarios with high business impact. We believe in inclusive and accessible designs and think that work should be challenging and fun. You will also be able to learn from and grow in a vibrant global community of designers and researchers.

Our team is part of a larger design studio at Microsoft called the Cloud Design Studio. We work to deliver world-class experiences for modern cloud-based applications and services. Our team’s mission is to empower our developer and enterprise customers to achieve more. Join us to apply and grow your expertise in one of the largest growth areas in Microsoft. This is an opportunity to help shape the future of how millions of users interact with Microsoft.  #CloudDesignStudio

Responsibilities

As a designer on our team, you’ll be responsible for delivering design and innovation across one or more facets of the design process, including sketching, prototyping, storyboarding, information architecture, interaction design, and usability. You’ll use and contribute to Azure design patterns. You’ll work in an iterative manner, scoping and prioritizing work across multiple projects. You’ll be an advocate for the user and champion industry-leading, inclusive, and user-centered design practices.

Apply now!

We’re a fast-growing team and we want people who bring all kinds of experience to the table. If our list of qualifications doesn’t quite match yours, don’t let that discourage you. Apply anyway! We want talented, passionate designers to help point the way to the future of computing. If that’s you, let’s go!

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Design (e.g., user experience, HCI, graphic) or equivalent professional experience.
• Track record of creating or improving product UX.
• Ability to think creatively and critically about design problems.
• Demonstrated ability to create design solutions from ambiguous and complex concepts.
• Enthusiasm for an iterative design process
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present your work to peers across disciplines.
• Fluency in current design tools (Figma, Adobe CC, etc.)
• A portfolio review presentation is required to interview for this role. Your presentation should communicate your work experience, and demonstrate your design and communication skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in the technology or enterprise industry.
• Experience prototyping.
• Some programming or HTML/CSS skills.

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.

Additional Details:

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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.