Dorothy Feng

I'm Dorothy Feng, a technical product designer based in New York. I've spent 8+ years designing for emerging technology.

Skills:

  • Interaction Design
  • Visual Design
  • Product Strategy
  • User Research
  • Systems Thinking
  • Advanced Prototyping (idea to code)
  • Accessibility Design
  • AI fluency
  • Design/UX Systems

Tools:

  • Figma AI
  • Protopie
  • Adobe CC
  • SketchUp
  • HTML/CSS/JS
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • v0/Vercel

I believe good design starts with human stories. I studied CS and Psychology at Duke, which shaped my approach to technology from a human-centric and research-backed perspective. I enjoy working in the space between rapid technological advancement and its practical applications, building intuitive products that consider user trust, privacy, transparency, and control.

At Microsoft, I spent years building surfaces that shipped at platform scale, which taught me how to design robust systems that hold for millions of users with very different needs. Most recently I worked with Applied Sciences, an R&D group focused on the next generation of computer interaction technologies. My work with them helped incubate next-gen experiences across Microsoft's portfolio of products.

In my free time you'll either find me outside (snowboarding, golfing, touching grass) or building community around me — hosting creative events like cyanotype printing workshops, working with local businesses on pop-ups, and building alongside other creative technologists at Verci.

Silhouette against a wide window looking out over a coastal town

Experience

  • 2022 — 2026

    Senior Designer, New AI Experiences — Microsoft

    On a multidisciplinary incubation team envisioning AI devices and the interaction paradigms they need — multimodal input, generative UI — and lead designer on Project Solara from early incubation through its Build 2026 announcement. Led ideation for new product experiences and ran user and market research across Information Worker, Healthcare, and EDU audiences, then worked with technical prototypers and hardware designers to build functional prototypes for concept testing.

  • 2020 — 2022

    UX Designer II, Windows + PC Gaming — Microsoft

    Partnered with Xbox to find opportunities in PC gaming and grow Game Pass, leading design sprints across both orgs and building a roadmap from near-term fixes to long-term vision. Shipped Controller Bar, which streamlines controller-based navigation and game launch on Windows, and co-led Widgets for Windows 11 — a personalized feed in the taskbar shipped to over a billion PCs.

  • 2018 — 2020

    UX Designer, Windows — Microsoft

    Worked to improve satisfaction and retention on Windows by broadening research and addressing the needs of underserved audiences, including Education and Windows Insiders.

  • 2017

    UX Design Co-op — CityBase

    Built an end-to-end portal for the City of Chicago that simplifies tax collection from airport service vehicles. It processes 800,000 transactions a year and generates $3 million in revenue for the city.

  • 2016

    Design Intern — Poynt

    Designed a tactile frame and high-contrast PIN entry that made a touchscreen payment terminal usable without sight. Patented, and deployed across 50,000 terminals in Brazil.

  • 2015 — 2018

    Designer — Freelance

    Mobile and web applications for a range of startups: Totality (golf training), Intelycare (nurse onboarding), Brainbuild (nutrition-based scheduling for NCAA athletes), and FarmShots (satellite farm imagery).

Education

  • Duke University — B.S. Computer Science + Psychology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certificate

Patents

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