Staff UX Engineer, Design, Google Cloud

About the position

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. Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative, engaging prototypes using the latest in front-end technologies.
• Advise, collaborate with, and synthesize feedback from UX designers and researchers.
• Fulfill several project requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
• Serve as a mentor for junior UX engineers and peers.
• Assist front-end engineers with final development of Google products.

Requirements

• 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 HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript development.
• Experience with development on mobile platforms.

Nice-to-haves

• 8 years of experience in a technical, UX, or design setting, or related experience.
• 5 years of experience managing projects.
• Experience in one or more of the following: Python/PHP/Ruby, Flash/ActionScript, Objective-C, or Java.
• Experience with object-oriented JavaScript and modern JavaScript libraries (e.g., Closure, jQuery, Node).
• Experience with vector and motion graphics, including SVG, HTML5 Canvas, and animation using JavaScript and CSS.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong design process, interaction and motion design prototyping or implementation skills.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $178,000-$265,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.