Yichen Xie
Beijing, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYichen Xie is a product designer with four years of experience blending design and code to take human-centered interactions from concept into production. At Microsoft she worked across Windows and Devices, contributing to Windows 365, Windows App AI incubation, and the Copilot ecosystem while focusing on Human-AI interaction, UX patterns, and device cross‑platform continuity. Her background spans Interaction Design (University of Washington) and mixed media/human‑centered design studies, giving her a multidisciplinary lens on hardware-software ecosystems. Comfortable with both incubation-stage product work and platform continuity, she bridges surface hardware considerations with AI-driven UX. Based in Beijing with international education and corporate experience, she brings a global perspective to designing seamless, device-spanning experiences. Notably, she pairs hands-on design execution with code-aware thinking to accelerate prototypes toward production readiness.
4 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Design, Interaction Design, Bachelor of Design, Interaction Design at University of WashingtonIBDP, IBDP at The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of ChinaMixed Media Art, Human Centered Design, Mixed Media Art, Human Centered Design at 美国康奈尔大学
French, Chinese, English
Github Skills (2)
ai8
deep-learning4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/RepDL
Dec 2023 - Nov 2025
A library for reproducible deep learning.
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years
deep-learning
microsoft/MMA-Sim
Aug 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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