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Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions.

We're building the future of protection, and UX Engineers are at the heart of it. Our expansive product ecosystem spans enterprise-grade security tools to consumer experiences, and it's evolving fast with new AI and agentic capabilities. We're driving a bold initiative to unify our experiences through a shared system of Figma UI kits, documentation/guidance, and React component libraries, all built for contribution and consumption across our product teams.

To help achieve this goal, we're looking for a passionate, detail-oriented UX Engineer 2 who can meticulously craft our collective vision through code, while being an influential liaison between the UX and Engineering teams to up-level our quality across the organization—building consistent, intuitive, and accessible experiences leveraging modern aesthetics and the latest generative AI technology. If you thrive on crafting elegant, reusable components and bridging design with engineering at scale, this is your opportunity to make a massive impact.

Responsibilities

• Transform Figma designs into production-ready code rapidly so product teams can ship modern, consistent interfaces faster.
• Collaborate across disciplines to educate others on design and implementation tradeoffs, proactively identifying potential risks and developing solutions for optimal outcomes.
• Build and scale front-end solutions like UI systems and reusable React components that power world-class experiences.
• Champion accessibility, performance, and reusability, making every design system component robust and future-proof.
• Shape the future of our design system by contributing to AI-driven tooling, open-source initiatives, while building automation to enhance scalability, maintainability, and forward-thinking innovation.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Graphic Design, Product Design, Visual Design, Human Computer Interaction or related field AND 2+ years experience working in product or service design and/or shipping production code
• OR equivalent experience
• 1+ year(s) of experience in Typescript and React
• 1+ year(s) of experience shipping production-ready code as a result of a collaborative process

Other Requirements:

• The 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 Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Graphic Design, Product Design, Visual Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 5+ years experience working in product or service design and/or shipping production code
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Graphic Design, Product Design, Visual Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 3+ years experience working in product or service design and/or shipping production code
• Systems thinking and design system development experience
• Hands-on experience developing automation scripts and tools
• Experience with translating high-fidelity designs into code using Figma
• Familiarity with backend development concepts and API integration (REST, GraphQL) for data-driven UI components
• Focus on optimizing front-end performance, with an understanding of AI tooling
• Experience working in a monorepo leveraging tools like Nx or Turborepo
• Passion for modular design and advocating for future-proof architectures and solutions

Compensation and Benefits

UX Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area: USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: [benefits information]

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 6, 2025.

Equal Opportunity

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 accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Note

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.