Senior Interaction Designer, AI and Compute Infrastructure, Cloud

Google Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan (401k) with company 0%

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google Inc. is seeking a Senior Interaction Designer for AI and Compute Infrastructure within Cloud. You will transform complex tasks into intuitive experiences, creating flows, wireframes, and prototypes with a multi-disciplinary UX team.

You will shape the design language and collaborate across Engineering and Product Management. You will drive user-centered design for critical infrastructure platforms, enabling enterprise customers to leverage Google's AI hyper-computer architecture while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of interaction design experience in product or UX design.
• Experience leveraging generative AI tools for rapid prototyping and exploration.
• Experience designing technical enterprise cloud applications.
• Include a portfolio, website, or other relevant link in your resume.

Responsibilities

• Lead the UX idea and design strategy for complex AI and compute infrastructure domains to align with long-term business objectives.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and researchers to design useful, consistent, and scalable cloud products.
• Communicate user experiences at various stages using storyboards, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Influence and contribute to the evolution of global design systems for applicability across applications.
• Mentor and guide junior UX designers, providing constructive feedback.

Skills

Generative AI

Interaction design

Cross-functional teamwork

Portfolio inclusion

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in Design/HCI/CS

Job description

Senior Interaction Designer, AI and Compute Infrastructure, Cloud

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
• Experience leveraging generative AI tools and workflows for rapid prototyping and interface exploration.
• Experience designing technical enterprise cloud applications.
• Include a portfolio, website, or other relevant link to your work in your resume.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
• 2 years of experience leading design projects.

About the job

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our Interaction Designers transform complex tasks into intuitive, easy-to-use experiences for billions of people. From creating user flows and wireframes to building mockups and prototypes, you will envision and bring product experiences to life with an inspired, refined, and magical feel. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, leveraging user insights to create industry-leading products.

As an Interaction Designer, you'll apply user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences from concept to execution, working with design partners to evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative products.

As a Senior Interaction Designer on the AI and Compute Infrastructure (ACI) UX team, you will help shape the future of cloud computing in the agentic era. You will drive the design strategy and user-experience idea for critical infrastructure platforms, including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Google Compute Engine (GCE), enabling enterprise customers to harness Google's AI hyper-computer architecture. In this role, you will navigate complex, ambiguous spaces to design intuitive and scalable enterprise solutions, collaborate with cross-functional leaders, and lead UX excellence to accelerate next-generation AI infrastructure.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $231000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Lead the UX idea and design strategy for complex, ambiguous AI and compute infrastructure domains to align with long-term business objectives.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and researchers to design useful, consistent, and scalable agent-native cloud products.
• Communicate user experiences at various stages of the design process using high-level storyboards, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Influence and contribute to the evolution of global design systems to ensure their utility for applications.
• Mentor and guide junior UX designers, providing constructive design feedback, fostering professional development and craft excellence.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google’s EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire.