Martin Lijanto is a Senior UX Engineering Lead with 15 years of experience designing and shipping polished, accessible front-end experiences at Microsoft, currently shaping AI-driven design and development workflows in the Microsoft AI division. He was on the original team that built the AI-powered Bing chat experience that evolved into Copilot, blending deep UX craftsmanship with modern AI product thinking. Martin’s work spans from core Fluent web frameworks and enterprise design systems to consumer apps, with hands-on expertise in React, TypeScript, accessibility, and prototype platforms that connect Windows, Office, Edge, and Surface experiences. He has maintained and contributed to open-source projects like Winstrap, bringing Microsoft’s Modern design language to the community and improving interactive UI components such as clickable star ratings and tooltip/flyout behavior. Known for integrating tooling, documentation, and accessibility into component libraries, he pairs pragmatic engineering with designer-focused systems thinking. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, Martin combines product-focused leadership with a track record of shipping integrated, cross-platform prototypes and production UIs.
The official Bootstrap theme for Microsoft's Modern design language
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:17 releases, 143 commits, 79 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Martin's contributions focused on updating and styling UI elements within the Winstrap theme. They implemented star rating components and made them clickable and styled for the Basel design. The user also updated documentation to reflect new customizations available and made improvements to tooltips and flyouts. They made a minor name updates within the project.
A Google Chrome extension that creates clickable heading markers next to the scrollbar.
Contributions:2 releases, 39 commits, 29 PRs in 9 years 5 months
clickableheadingscrollbarmarkersjavascript
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Martin Lijanto - Senior UX Engineering Lead at Microsoft AI