Senior iOS UX Engineer, Search App

Google; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Google UX Engineers blend design and engineering to turn ideas into prototypes and production-ready features across Search and related products.

You will collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to deliver industry-leading experiences, test concepts, and build tools that accelerate UX teams. Expect fast-paced development, strong collaboration, and emphasis on user-centered design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in iOS development, technical UX design, and prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Test concepts for iteration, research, and validation, conceiving and delivering engaging prototypes across a portfolio of products.
• Identify emerging needs, develop interaction design best practices, and contribute to pattern documentation.
• Manage or contribute to key projects.
• Develop, brainstorm, and define approaches that optimize implementation of the design intent.
• Ensure a holistic systems-thinking approach and advocate for user needs across platforms and applications.

Skills

iOS development

UX design

Prototyping

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

Swift

Objective-C

AI Studio

Cursor

Antigravity

Firebase Studio

Job description

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County 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; Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in iOS development, technical UX design, and prototyping.

Preferred qualifications:

• 3 years of experience in either Swift or Objective-C.
• Experience with vibe coding tools, including AI Studio, Cursor, Antigravity, and Firebase Studio.
• Knowledge of technical constraints in designing for iOS.
• Familiarity working across full tech stacks and production environments.
• Excellent leadership, communication, project management, and organizational skills.

About The Job

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.

In this role, you will partner directly with Engineers to dig into new technologies to understand the capabilities and limitations of production stacks. You will be able to deliver production ready prototypes that test the feasibility of designs and have the ability to build and clean foundational code for testing and early stages of production.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Test concepts for iteration, research, and validation, conceiving and delivering engaging prototypes across a portfolio of products.
• Identify emerging needs, develop interaction design best practices, and contribute to pattern documentation.
• Manage or contribute to key projects.
• Develop, brainstorm, and define approaches that optimize implementation of the design intent.
• Ensure a holistic systems-thinking approach and advocate for user needs across platforms and applications.

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.