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As a Principal Design Architect (also known as a Creative Technologist), you’ll be a high level individual contributor working at the intersection of design systems, engineering, and AI tooling. You’ll define how Microsoft’s design system evolves in the AI era—building adaptive, intelligent systems that accelerate designer and developer workflows. Your work spans intelligent tools, design to code automation, and AI augmented processes that boost velocity and quality at scale. This isn’t just about UI design; it’s about shaping AI behavior and how people collaborate with machine intelligence.
Job Responsibility:
Bring an AI forward mindset
evaluate system behavior and define quality for complex scenarios
Blend design craft with technical curiosity, working beyond pixels using real data and prototypes
Influence across PM, Engineering, Data Science, Research, and Design
Provide strategic design vision and business rationale
Build AI powered tools and pipelines that move concepts to production quickly
Embed advanced AI capabilities into the design system for adaptability and workflow integration
Prototype intelligent components and adaptive UI patterns
Operationalize LLMs, generative UI, and multimodal systems into practical workflows
Ensure seamless design system to code integration using AI driven utilities
Act as a force multiplier—accelerating cycles, scaling quality, and shaping AI augmented design
Requirements:
Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 6+ 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 8+ 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)
Nice to have:
Experience with LLMs, generative UI, and broader AI/ML technologies
Experience designing AI/LLM- powered experiences
familiarity with conversational and voice systems
Strong foundation in design systems and frontend engineering
Ability to prototype and ship intelligent design to code workflows
Proficiency in Figma and AI prototyping tools
experience with design automation and component libraries