Senior Staff UX Engineer, Cloud AI

Google•Kirkland, WA

1d•$236,000 - $329,000

About The Position

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our UX Engineers are versatile, passionate, and driven to advance the vision for our design teams. Comfortable working across discipline lines, you will develop products and prototypes that bring innovative ideas to life. Joining a multi-disciplinary UX team, you will collaborate with Engineering and Product Management, using user insights to create industry-leading products. In a fast-paced environment, you will use your creativity, analytical skills, and knowledge of user-facing technologies to: create prototypes that define product experiences; launch innovative features; build tools to accelerate UX teams; and bridge design and engineering to ensure efficient, high-quality execution. The Gemini Enterprise team is on a mission to redefine how businesses interact with AI. We are building a powerful, unified agentic platform that automates complex tasks, provides deep data insights, and seamlessly integrates with the tools enterprises use daily. As a UX Engineer, you will be at the center of this transformation, bridging the gap between design and engineering to create intuitive and impactful user experiences. You will have the opportunity to work on products, including Vertex AI and our core Gemini Enterprise offerings, and help shape the future of work for millions of users. People shop on Google more than a billion times a day - and the Commerce team is responsible for building the experiences that serve these users. The mission for Google Commerce is to be an essential part of the shopping journey for consumers - from inspiration to to a simple and secure checkout experience - and the best place for retailers/merchants to connect with consumers. We support and partner with the commerce ecosystem, from large retailers to small local merchants, to give them the tools, technology and scale to thrive in today’s digital world.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in front-end development, technical UX design, or prototyping.
Experience in application development in one or more of the platforms/areas (e.g., web, iOS, Android, CompDes, XR).

Nice To Haves

Experience with the latest web standards, and latest iterations of those technologies such as JS/ES6, HTML5, CSS, REST, and mobile web.
Experience with React, Lit, Angular, or a similar framework.
Experience leading the design and implementation of UIs and technical frameworks.
Experience with vibe coding approaches and toolkits, with an understanding of the best practices in prompt engineering.
Understanding of fundamental web technologies (e.g., JavaScript, HTML, CSS).
Understanding of how to apply AI to accelerate UX and engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

Serve as a subject matter expert for the broader organization, embracing emerging standards while establishing best practices to push the limits of what browsers, devices, and AI systems can do.
Act as a cross-functional liaison to drive consensus among UX Designers, Researchers, Product Managers, and Software Engineers. Architect front-end solutions that solve high-complexity problems and answer critical research questions.
Deliver on large portions of projects by writing code, while influencing product areas stakeholders to align on outcomes that benefit the user.
Design and develop the front-ends of user-facing products, bringing a human-centered approach to research while ensuring engineering and design goals meet user needs.
Lead the creation of prototypes to support user studies and decision-making across the entire development cycle from early explorations to product release.