UX Designer, Search Verticals

Google•New York, NY

1d•$132,000 - $189,000

About The Position

As a UX Interaction Designer on Google’s multi-disciplinary UX team, you’ll collaborate with Engineering and Product Management and use user insights to create industry-leading products. You’ll take a user-centered, app-first approach to designing intuitive and engaging user journeys, bringing strong design craft, a builder’s mindset, and an ability to make decisions that support coherent experiences, practical execution, longevity, and scale. The role calls for aesthetic sensibility, systems thinking, and fluency with AI tools and concepts, including the ability to prototype with AI and critically assess outputs for accuracy. As a UX Designer on the CoreX team, you’ll bridge the established Search Design System and the distinct needs of Search Verticals such as Restaurants, Flights, Events, People, TV and Movies, and Sports. You’ll develop experiences across the Search Results Page, AI Overviews, and AI Mode/Modules. As a horizontal designer, your work will establish foundational patterns that can support many products and billions of users. The Search team is reimagining how people search for information while addressing complex engineering challenges and maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
At least 4 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
Experience with design systems.
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Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 2 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
At least 1 year of experience leading design projects.
Experience with visual design, motion design, or working with AI models.

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain deep, end-to-end expertise in the Search Design System across core surfaces, including Search and AI Mode.
Conceptualize and develop proposals for scalable UI patterns that preserve design coherence while accommodating different vertical needs.
Communicate user experiences at different stages of the design process using wireframes, flow diagrams, storyboards, mockups, and high-fidelity prototypes.
Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand requirements and develop creative solutions.
Experiment with and leverage emerging AI tools to advance high-fidelity prototyping and rapid UI exploration.