Google is hiring: UX Engineer, Developer Transformation in Seattle

Overview

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Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in front-end development, technical UX design, or prototyping.
• Experience in application development in at least one platform/area (e.g., web, iOS, Android, CompDes, XR).
• Experience in software development, game development or other systems.
• Experience building prototypes for AI/ML systems, AI-native development tool-chains and workflows.

Preferred qualifications

• 5 years developing responsive, adaptive, and performant websites and applications.
• 5 years of experience as a front-end developer, UX Engineer, creative or design technologist, or in a prototyping design environment.
• Experience with developer tools or complex enterprise-class applications.
• Knowledge of the software development process.
• Understanding the latest methods and tools and AI technologies, who have a strong POV on building usable and innovative UIs, and can deliver comprehensive prototypes.
• Ability to be a system thinker who can develop reusable patterns and frameworks that span our entire ecosystem of apps.

About the job

Google’s UX Engineers are versatile and passionate about taking on new problems to drive progress and vision for design teams. They’re comfortable wearing many hats and get excited about working across discipline lines to develop products and prototypes that bring new ideas to life. The UX team collaborates closely with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for users and Google’s business. You’ll work as part of a UX team in a challenging, fast-paced environment, demonstrating creativity, analytical skills, and knowledge of user-facing technologies to create prototypes that identify the best product experiences, launch innovative features, build tools that accelerate UX teams, bridge between design and engineering discussions, and enable efficient, high-quality execution.

Our mission is to make first-party product development fast and easy across Google, delivering an industry-leading, AI-enhanced development experience and platform. We create developer products, including frameworks for mobile, web, and server development. Join the Developer UX team to invent the future of software engineering at Google and shape the tools developers rely on daily. The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products and focuses on design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure to enable safe and coherent experiences and drive innovation across Google’s products.

Responsibilities

• Develop user journeys, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate technical and design solutions.
• Work with a cross-functional team to identify, scope, and execute on opportunities to improve server development tools and features.
• Present concepts, proposals, and updates to executive stakeholders, and translate complex concepts into simple and elegant design solutions.
• Apply common Google Material styles and partner with engineering on implementation requirements.
• Bridge the gap between advanced technologies, including AI/ML, and intuitive user experiences in complex and ambiguous problem spaces.

EEO notice

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.