Senior Staff Interaction Designer, Multimodal Search

Google•Mountain View, CA

12h•$236,000 - $329,000

About The Position

At Google, this UX Interaction Designer joins a multidisciplinary UX team and collaborates with Engineering and Product Management, using user insights to create industry-leading products. The role is focused on multimodal search and on reimagining how people search for information across different ways and contexts. The designer starts from a user-centered, app-first mindset to create intuitive, engaging user journeys. The role calls for strong design craft and a builder’s mindset, making decisions that support a coherent user experience while accounting for execution, longevity, and scale. It also requires aesthetic judgment, systems thinking, and AI fluency, including the ability to work with and prototype using AI tools, understand AI concepts and limitations, and evaluate outputs critically. Google Search works to address complex engineering challenges and expand its infrastructure while preserving a universally accessible and useful experience for people around the world.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in product design or UX.
Include a portfolio, website, or other relevant link to work in the resume, with a viewable link or access instructions.
User-centered, app-first design approach and ability to create intuitive, engaging user journeys.
Strong design craft and ability to make decisions that support coherent experiences and account for execution, longevity, and scale.
Aesthetic sensibility and understanding of relevant trends.
Systems thinking and ability to analyze how components interrelate within larger systems.
AI fluency, including working with and prototyping using AI tools, understanding core AI concepts and limitations, and critically assessing outputs for accuracy.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
15 years of experience in product design or UX.
7 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
5 years of experience working with executive leaders.
6 years of experience leading design projects.

Responsibilities

Lead the development of innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
Guide and provide direction to UX designers in creating design concepts for user research and testing.
Own a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for design strategies.
Lead design solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends that further business outcomes.