Senior iOS UX Engineer, Search App
Location options: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.
About the role
At Google, our UX Engineers are versatile, passionate, and driven to advance the vision for our design teams. Working across discipline lines, you will develop products and prototypes that bring innovative ideas to life. You’ll collaborate with Engineering and Product Management, using user insights to create industry‑leading products. In a fast‑paced environment, you’ll use creativity, analytical skills, and knowledge of user‑facing technologies to create prototypes that define product experiences, launch innovative features, build tools to accelerate UX teams, and bridge design and engineering for efficient, high‑quality execution. You will partner directly with Engineers to explore new technologies, deliver production‑ready prototypes, and build foundational code for testing and early production stages. Joining the Search team, you’ll have an opportunity to impact billions of people globally.
Responsibilities
- Test concepts for iteration, research, and validation, conceiving and delivering engaging prototypes across a portfolio of products.
- Identify emerging needs, develop interaction design best practices, and contribute to pattern documentation.
- Manage or contribute to key projects.
- Develop, brainstorm, and define approaches that optimize implementation of the design intent.
- Ensure a holistic systems‑thinking approach and advocate for user needs across platforms and applications.
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in iOS development, technical UX design, and prototyping.
Preferred qualifications
- 3 years of experience in either Swift or Objective‑C.
- Experience with vibe coding tools, including AI Studio, Cursor, Antigravity, and Firebase Studio.
- Knowledge of technical constraints in designing for iOS.
- Familiarity working across full tech stacks and production environments.
- Excellent leadership, communication, project management, and organizational skills.
Pay
US: $159,000 – $230,000 (USD) plus a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.