Quantitative UX Researcher, Google Cloud Security

$122,000 - $178,000/Yr

Google - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

5,001-10,000 employees

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services

About the position

The Quantitative User Experience Researcher (Quant UXR) at Google Cloud Security plays a vital role in enhancing user experience by utilizing empirical research methods to understand user behavior and needs. This position involves collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams to gather insights that inform product design and development, ensuring that products are useful, usable, and delightful for users. The role requires a strong foundation in quantitative research methods and programming to analyze data and drive improvements in user experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and measure quantitative UX goals and metrics in collaboration with Designers, Qualitative Researchers, Data Scientists, Engineers, and Program Managers.
• Develop code and statistical models to understand user experience.
• Conduct empirical research using methods from computer science, quantitative social science, statistics, econometrics, and other fields to understand user behavior and extract meaningful patterns from data sets.
• Examine existing data and product designs to generate hypotheses and plans for high-impact research.
• Prioritize and drive research to improve user experience, communicate findings to stakeholders in the company, and make research findings convincing for both research experts and non-experts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
• Experience in programming languages used for data manipulation and computational statistics (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, or Go).

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Statistics, or a related field.
• Experience with Enterprise UX Research.
• Experience in multivariate statistics and in the design of experiments.
• Experience with industry data science practices, and with databases and industry metrics.
• Experience in programming computational and statistical algorithms for datasets.
• Experience with command of research questions within a domain, and of technical tools for the analysis of data within that field.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $122,000-$178,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.
• Access to internal research tools and regular meetups with UXRs across Google.
• Opportunities for professional development and mentorship.