UX Engineer, Geo - Google
San Francisco, CA
About the Job
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in front-end development, technical UX design, or prototyping.
- Experience with web front end development using React, HTML, CSS, TypeScript and JavaScript.
Preferred qualifications:
- 5 years of experience developing responsive, adaptive, and performant websites and applications.
- 5 years of experience as a front-end developer, UX Engineer, creative or design technologist, or in a prototyping design environment.
- Experience in prototyping and developing with APIs and real data endpoints, including Gen-AI, Gemini, and Google Maps public APIs (Places, Directions, 3D Tiles).
- Experience working closely with design and research teams focused on prototyping for user studies.
- Understanding of design sensibility, UX processes and principles, interaction design, and user-centered design.
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.
In this role, you will be responsible for developing prototypes to test new and cutting edge user experiences for Google Maps. You will prototype amazing experiences for our users. You will work with designers, researchers, product managers, and other UX Engineers to create user-friendly and visually appealing interfaces that meet the needs of our users.
The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $122,000-$178,000 + 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.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple project requests simultaneously while consistently meeting deadlines.
- Work with UX Designers, Researchers, and other UX Engineers to rapidly prototype, test, and iterate on new User Interfaces.
- Collaborate with other engineers on final implementation and polish.
- Meet high accessibility standards.
- Serve as a mentor for early career UX engineers and peers.