Microsoft

Creative Technologist

Microsoft
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2 days ago
Redmond, WA, USA or Mountain View, CA, USAStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$120k - $235k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build high-fidelity demonstrations, functional prototypes, and interactive experiences that accurately reflect Microsoft product behavior.
  • Deliver film-ready and deployment-ready experiences for product videos, social content, web interactions, events, and keynote demonstrations.
  • Translate ambiguous creative concepts into functional prototypes that accelerate learning and support creative and production decisions.
  • Collaborate with motion designers, visual designers, producers, and creative directors to deliver polished end-to-end experiences.
  • Partner with product marketing, engineering, and product teams to validate product accuracy, technical feasibility, and production readiness.
  • Integrate AI-powered tools, browser-based interactivity, real-time engines, code-driven animation, plug-ins, and APIs into creative workflows.
  • Create reusable patterns, document technical approaches, and maintain shared prototype and tooling libraries.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Graphic Design, Product Design, Visual Design, Human Computer Interaction, or a related field plus 3+ years of experience in product or service design and/or shipping production code.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Graphic Design, Product Design, Visual Design, Human Computer Interaction, or a related field plus 4+ years of experience in product or service design and/or shipping production code, or equivalent experience.
  • Proficiency in one or more creative development and prototyping technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, WebGL/Three.js, Unity, or Unreal Engine.
  • Portfolio demonstrating strong visual and interaction craft, including composition, typography, motion, timing, and production-ready execution.
  • Experience with product demonstrations or interactive storytelling for enterprise, productivity, or technology products is preferred.
  • Familiarity with generative AI, foundation models, agentic workflows, or machine-learning-powered creative tooling is preferred.
  • Experience with real-time rendering, code-driven animation, motion integration, or technical storytelling is preferred.
  • Experience designing reusable tools, systems, or prototyping frameworks while balancing technical feasibility, product accuracy, brand standards, accessibility, performance, and security is preferred.

Benefits

  • Base pay is listed at USD $119,800–$234,700 per year across the U.S., with a separate $160,200–$261,000 annual range for specified San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area locations.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position is open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.

Tech Stack

JavaScriptReactThree.jsTypeScriptUnityUnreal Engine

Categories

Microsoft

About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.

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