Senior Interaction Designer, Google Research UX

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google seeks an Interaction Designer to transform complex tasks into intuitive, scalable experiences for billions of users. You will craft user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes, collaborating with Engineers and Product Management to evolve the design language.

You will apply human-centered design methods and AI-enabled features, ensuring designs align with Google's Material Design system while delivering polished UI solutions across products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of interaction design experience.
• Experience using AI tools in the design process.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link in your resume.

Responsibilities

• Create clear, intuitive user flows and state behaviors.
• Translate research and AI model capabilities into functional prototypes.
• Deliver polished designs considering layouts, motion, and interaction patterns.
• Partner with researchers, engineers, PMs, and experts to translate constraints into UX.
• Iterate quickly using prototypes and feedback in fast-moving environments.

Skills

Interaction design

AI tools usage

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AI-assisted tools

Job description

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
• Experience using AI tools throughout the design process.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
• 2 years of experience leading design projects.
• Experience designing for emerging AI technologies like Large Language Models (LLMs), generative media, agentic systems, or multimodal AI interactions.
• Experience using AI-accelerated workflows and AI-assisted development tools throughout the design process.
• Experience basing design decisions in UX Research insights.

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. Google Research creates breakthroughs, from fundamental discovery to product innovation, to benefit science and society. Google Research UXis a team of researchers, designers, and prototypers who work at the intersection of AI research and product. We create human-centered advances in technology—identifying new opportunities, creating shared visions, and making AI capabilities tangible and useful. As a UX Designer, you'll bring human-centered concepts to life through rapid prototyping, strong design execution, and close cross-functional collaboration. At Google, our users come first, and the Systems Infrastructure team is at the heart of that promise. We build the technologies that transform the way we think about doing business. Whether working on our cloud systems, researching the latest in computer technology or keeping Google's internal systems humming, Googlers and users alike rely on us to keep things running. We're back-end experts: protecting your privacy and ensuring your security.

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Create clear, intuitive user flows and state behaviors. Design frameworks for human-AI collaboration.
• Translate research and AI model capabilities into functional, interactive prototypes using AI-assisted coding and tools.
• Deliver polished designs, considering layouts, motion, and interaction patterns by applying Google's material design system.
• Partner closely with researchers, engineers, Product Managers, and subject matter experts to translate technical constraints into intuitive user experiences.
• Navigate fast-moving research environments by using prototypes and designs to quickly test hypotheses and iterate based on feedback.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.