Staff UX Engineer, Google Cloud Learning Platform - Google
Cambridge, MA
About the Job
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in a technical, UX, or design setting, or related experience.
- Experience with modern web front-end frameworks and programming languages (e.g., Angular, ReactJS, NextJS, Python, Typescript, etc.).
- Include a portfolio, website, or any other link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
Preferred qualifications:
- 8 years of experience in a technical, UX, design environment, or similar.
- 3 years of experience developing educational technology, developer skilling, or elearning technology front-end features.
- 2 years of experience prototyping front-end features that interface with AI/ML back-ends.
- Experience with Google Material Design libraries, Figma, and user-centric development approach.
- Experience with gamification or game-based learning interactive features.
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) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.As a UX Engineer, you'll work as part of a UX team in a challenging, fast-paced environment. You’ll demonstrate your 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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $168,000-$252,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.Responsibilities
- Drive project work by implementing and updating the user experience by writing code.
- Evaluate potential and feasibility for new features by prototyping, soliciting feedback, and analyzing problems from a broader technical perspective.
- Identify user experience and technical issues, develop prototypes from functional/technical specifications.
- Lead project meetings with stakeholders (e.g., product managers, researchers) and provide technical input and inform project decisions on user experience development.
- Manage projects by integrating user interface components/design and lead the development of new features to improve animation frame rate and UI fidelity across devices.
