Senior UX Engineer, Search UX

About the role

At Google, we focus on the user and all else will follow. Our UX Engineers are versatile, passionate, and driven to advance the vision for our design teams. Joining a multi-disciplinary UX team, you will collaborate with Engineering and Product Management, using user insights to create industry-leading products.

Responsibilities

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• Act as a subject matter expert on models, identifying how to leverage them for novel user experiences.
• Lead or contribute to key projects, ensuring a holistic systems-thinking approach and advocating for user needs across platforms and applications.
• Foster a system-wide design mindset within the team.
• Design and lead dynamic system architectures, translating non-deterministic back-end systems into reliable, intuitive front-end experiences.
• Partner with executive cross-functional members of the teams across different PAs to resolve ambiguity and define technical requirements.
• Apply an inventive mindset to technical issues, finding ways to bridge gaps between design goals and model capabilities.
• Execute technical skills for building web-based or native prototypes or reliable tooling for others.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in front-end development, technical UX design, or prototyping.
• Experience in the design, maintenance, or architecture of enterprise design systems, including design tokens, component lifecycles, or headless UI architectures.
• Experience working with Large Language Model (LLM) APIs, including structured outputs, function calling, tool use, or semantic routing.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Design, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in technical leadership and managing projects.
• Experience with vibe coding tools, including AI Studio, Cursor, Antigravity, Firebase Studio.
• Experience working with hosted back-ends (e.g., Firebase, Supabase) to power prototypes.
• Knowledge of technical constraints in designing for iOS.
• Familiarity working across full tech stacks and production environments.

Benefits

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $159000 - $231000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits