Principal UX Engineer

ModeDS is dedicated to enhancing product craft and coherence by optimizing design-to-code workflows, fostering transparency, and empowering teams to build high-quality, consistent experiences at scale. We support cross-functional collaboration, focusing on design systems, motion, and UX engineering to drive impactful, efficient product development.

By joining ModeDS , you will be at the forefront of transforming design to code processes across Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint, driving the evolution of design systems, motion design, and tooling to create high-quality, scalable, and cohesive experiences.

As a Principal UX Engineer at ModeDS , you will collaborate closely with design, engineering, and product teams, driving the implementation of design systems, motion design, and tooling improvements. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career by honing your leadership skills, deepening your technical expertise in design to code processes, and exploring how AI can optimize workflows.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities:

• Champion collaboration between design and engineering to fill gaps and contribute to initiatives that create opportunities for impact.
• Lead the development and/or enablement of front-end design solutions, technical prototypes, tooling, and/or user interface systems for one or more owned products.
• Influence design ideas to generate ideation solutions for complex products through meetings to improve product designs and influence the prioritization of product backlog and sprint management.
• Lead interactions with Engineering for successful design implementation.
• Lead design Q&A forums to ensure "pixel perfect" designs.
• Lead the building and maintenance of tools, platforms, and systems, and you'll ensure the use and adoption of the latest codebases and design systems.
• Set context for senior leadership stakeholders.
• Lead collaboration with creative team members, program managers, and developers to define and iterate on new and existing product features as well as make decisions on behalf of One Microsoft.
• Communicate a compelling, convincing product story to a variety of audiences, inspiring excitement and support of the product, and you will create clarity and build energy for stakeholders.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years experience working in product or service design and/or shipping production code
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Graphic Design, Product Design, Visual Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 6+ 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 4+ years experience working in product or service design and/or shipping production code
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on large codebases.
• Experience with Figma andFigmacomponentlibrariesand/or plugins.
• Experience withfront-end buildsystemsand tooling.
• Attention to detailand polish while considering performanceand maintainability.
• Ability to work effectivelyacrossdisciplines(Design, Research, Engineering, PM).
• Effective communication , problem-solving,planning, and documentationskills.

UX Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

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

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