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Note: By applying to this position, you can share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience with front-end development, technical UX design, or prototyping.
• Experience with Android UI prototyping or development.
• Experience with Android Compose.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience developing native, clean, and compatible Android applications.
• 3 years of experience as a front-end developer, UX Engineer, creative or design technologist, or in a prototyping design environment.
• Experience with XR software development using unity/unreal or other engines.
• Experience with the Jetpack support libraries, including Jetpack Compose.
• Experience with material design standards and best practices.
• Experience with motion frameworks, such as Lottie.

About The Job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." 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.

Google User Experience (UX) comprises multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about our users. The UX team gathers insights about attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for users and Google’s business.

As a UX Engineer, you'll work as part of a UX team in a challenging, fast-paced environment. You’ll demonstrate creativity, analytical skills, and knowledge of user-facing technologies to create prototypes, identify the best product experiences, launch innovative features, build tools that accelerate UX teams, bridge design and engineering discussions, and enable high-quality execution.

The Android XR UX Design team develops technologies for the next generation of immersive experiences and devices.

Android, Google’s open-source mobile operating system, powers over 3 billion devices worldwide. Android aims to bring computing to everyone, enabling access to information, economic opportunities, productivity, connectivity, and more. We believe everyone should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide a platform for OEMs and developers to build compelling devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc.) that run top apps and services for all.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $129,000–$185,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay within the range depends on work location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share more during the hiring process.

Note: Listed compensation reflects base salary only, excluding bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple project requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
• Collaborate with UX designers and researchers, synthesizing feedback.
• Work with engineers on final implementation and polishing.
• Ensure high accessibility standards.
• Mentor early-career UX engineers and peers.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, 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, in accordance with legal requirements. For accommodations, please complete our Accommodations for Applicants form.