Senior Creative Technologist

Microsoft Research AI Frontiers lab is seeking applications for the position of Senior Creative Technologist in the Research Prototyping Team. 
  
The mission of the AI Frontiers lab is to expand the pareto frontier of AI capabilities, efficiency, and safety through innovations in foundation models and learning agent platforms. Some of our projects include work on Small Language Models (e.g. Phi, Orca), and Agentic AI (e.g. AutoGen, OmniParser, Magentic-One, Magentic-UI).  

The goal of the Research Prototyping Team in AI Frontiers is to bridge cutting-edge AI research with real-world applications by embedding research efforts in practical, high-impact scenarios. The team will serve as a conduit between foundational innovation and deployment contexts, ensuring that research questions are grounded in real user needs and that insights from deployment inform future research directions. 

We are looking for a Senior Creative Technologist with a solid foundation in both Design and Software Development, who is user-centric, creative, and comfortable working in a high-paced, innovative environment with highly technical research teams. 

The AI Frontiers lab offers a vibrant environment for cutting-edge, multidisciplinary, research, including access to diverse, real-world problems and data, opportunities for experimentation and real-world impact, an open publication policy, and close links to top academic institutions around the world.

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor'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 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
  • OR equivalent experience
• 2+ years’ experience working on user-centered GenAI products or prototypes
• 4+ years’ experience in designing, prototyping, and developing immersive experiences
• 4+ years of experience in Python and Web development (JavaScript, ReactJS, node, html)

Preferred Qualifications

• Keen interest in real-world applications and impact
• Understanding and passion for design thinking
• Ability to collaborate, communicate effectively, and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Design portfolio of public user-centered products or prototypes that have been developed

UX Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 11, 2025.

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• As Senior Creative Technologist in AI Frontiers, you will lead the design and front-end development of prototypes in collaboration with other researchers, engineers, and product groups or external customers.
• You will work with our Technical Program Management (PM) team to understand customer needs and our research portfolio to create compelling proof of concepts so customers can take advantage of our innovations.
• You’ll showcase your creativity, analytical thinking, and deep understanding of user-facing technologies to drive efficient, high-quality execution and communication, while launching innovative AI features.
• As a member of a world-class research organization, you will be a part of research breakthroughs in the field and will be given an opportunity to realize your ideas in products and services used worldwide.
• Embody our culture and values.