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Senior UX Engineer, Geo

Senior UX Engineer, Geo

5 Days ago • 5-7 Years • UI/UX Design

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react

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dart

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Job Description

As a Senior UX Engineer at Google's Geo team, you'll build prototypes identifying optimal product experiences, launch innovative features, and create tools for UX teams. You will bridge design and engineering discussions and ensure efficient, high-quality execution. Responsibilities include managing multiple projects, collaborating with designers and researchers, working with engineers on implementation, meeting accessibility standards, and mentoring junior engineers. The Geo team focuses on accurate and useful maps for products like Google Maps, Earth, and Street View, impacting over a billion users monthly. You'll use your creativity, analytical skills, and knowledge of user-facing technologies to improve Google Maps products and platforms.

Must have:

5+ years front-end development experience
JavaScript/TypeScript expertise
HTML & CSS proficiency
Collaboration with designers & researchers
Meeting accessibility standards

Good to have:

Experience with SVG, Canvas, and animation libraries
ES2015+/TypeScript and modern frameworks (React, Angular)
Experience in Swift, Kotlin, Dart, Python, Ruby, Java, or C++

Perks:

Bonus
Equity
Benefits

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in front-end development, technical UX design, or prototyping.
Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript development.
Experience with HTML and CSS.

Preferred qualifications:

7 years of experience in developing websites and applications.
5 years of experience as a front-end developer, UX Engineer, creative or design technologist, or in a prototyping design environment.
Experience with vector and motion graphics, including SVG, HTML5 Canvas, and animation using JavaScript and CSS (e.g., GreenSock, d3, ProcessingJS, and Web Animation API).
Experience with ES2015+ or TypeScript and modern libraries/frameworks (e.g., Node, Lit, React, Angular).
Experience in one or more of the following: Swift, Kotlin, Dart, Python, Ruby, Java, or C++.

About the job

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 direction 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.

The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.

The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about .

Responsibilities

Fulfill several project requests simultaneously while meeting timelines.
Advise, collaborate with, and synthesize feedback from UX designers and researchers.
Collaborate with other engineers on final implementation.
Meet enhanced accessibility standards.
Serve as a mentor for early career UX engineers and peers.

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$142.0K - $211.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$176.5K/yr avg.

Worldwide

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