Microsoft · 5 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer - Xbox Design System
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Xbox Design team, focusing on the Xbox Design System. The role involves implementing high-quality UI components, collaborating with designers to translate design intent into code, and contributing to the architecture and tooling of component systems.
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Responsibilities
Implement and evolve the Xbox Design System — Build and maintain high-quality, production-ready UI components and foundations with a strong focus on visual fidelity, accessibility, performance, and cross-platform consistency
Partner deeply with designers — Work day-to-day with designers to translate design intent into code, providing technical feedback that improves feasibility, quality, and consistency of designs
Contribute to component architecture and tooling — Help shape component patterns, APIs, and supporting infrastructure that scale across teams and enable reliable adoption
Champion developer experience — Create clear documentation, examples, and workflows that make the design system easy and efficient for engineers to use correctly
Uphold quality and standards — Apply best practices for testing, accessibility, maintainability, AI process, and versioning, contributing to a long-lived, trustworthy system
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Preferred
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
8+ years of professional software development experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience delivering production-quality software (e.g., Master's + 6+ years), with significant contributions to UI/component systems and architecture
Demonstrated mastery of modern frontend and full-stack technologies (e.g., React/TypeScript, Tailwind, build systems)
Experience building or evolving shared component libraries or design systems at scale, including infrastructure for documentation, testing, and cross-team adoption
Ability to utilize AI in production coding workflows
Proven success collaborating with cross-functional partners, especially designers and product stakeholders, to deliver high-impact, user-focused experiences
Strong fundamentals in computer science (data structures, algorithms, design patterns)
Strong ownership of quality attributes such as accessibility, performance, maintainability, and consistency in UI implementation
Company
Microsoft
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