UX Quantitative Researcher, Google Photos Job at Google in New York

Overview

UX Quantitative Researcher, Google Photos. Quantitative User Experience Researchers help inform teams of UXers, product managers, and engineers about user needs and contribute to the development of useful, usable, and delightful products.

Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service. This role supports client-side (web and mobile), server-side (search, storage, serving), and machine intelligence (learning, computer vision) efforts. Google follows a user-focused premise to guide product development and deliver value to users and Google’s business.

Responsibilities

• Define and measure quantitative UX goals and metrics in collaboration with Designers, Qualitative Researchers, Data Scientists, Engineers, and Program Managers.
• Develop code and statistical models to understand user experience.
• Conduct empirical research using methods from computer science, quantitative social science, statistics, econometrics, and other fields to understand user behavior and extract meaningful patterns from data sets.
• Design and field scaled surveys to gather valid and reliable data based on different stimuli.
• Develop code to retrieve, clean, and analyze data sets.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in product research in an applied research setting, or similar.
• 2 years of experience with R or Python in data manipulation, computational statistics, and modeling.
• Experience in programming languages used for data manipulation and computational statistics (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, or Go).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master\'s degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field.
• 3 years of experience working with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
• 2 years of experience conducting UX research on products, managing projects, and working in a changing organization.
• Experience in data visualization techniques and evaluating machine learning models.
• Experience with multivariate statistics and the design of experiments.
• Ability to write efficient queries to extract and format data with SQL.

About the Job

At Google, we focus on the user and aim to inform design with insights gathered by UX researchers. The UX team collaborates across disciplines to create products that provide value for users and Google\'s business. You\'ll work with stakeholders across functions and levels and have impact at all stages of product development.

You will investigate user behavior and needs using empirical research methods such as logs analysis, survey research, path modeling, and regression analysis. You\'ll combine skills in behavioral research design, statistical methods, and programming to improve user experience.

Salary information is provided for US roles based on base pay and may include bonuses, equity, and benefits depending on location and other factors. Specific ranges for your location will be shared during the hiring process.

Google is an equal opportunity 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. See Google\'s EEO Policy and EEO Is the Law. If you require accommodations, please contact us through the Accommodations for Applicants form.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Art/Creative, Design, and Engineering
• Industries: Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet