Senior UX Engineer, Chrome Desktop

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

Job summary

Google Los Angeles, CA, USA is seeking a Senior UX Engineer to drive frontend development and UX prototyping for Chrome Desktop. The role demands mentoring, end-to-end feature delivery, and collaboration with engineering and product teams to shape product experiences.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in front-end or UX design, strong prototyping skills, and the ability to translate designs into responsive, high-quality interfaces across platforms such as web and mobile.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in front-end development, technical UX design, or prototyping.
• Experience in application development in one or more platform/area (e.g., web, iOS, Android, CompDes, XR).
• 7 years of experience developing responsive, adaptive, and performant websites and applications.
• 6 years of experience as a front-end developer, UX Engineer, creative or design technologist, or in a prototyping design environment.
• Experience in designing, prototyping, and delivering high-quality user-facing features from idea to launch.
• Frontend development with backend integrations and rapid UX prototyping experience.
• Ability to translate mocks and wireframes into well-structured and responsive user interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and prototype new features that enhance the user experience on Chrome.
• Model a feedback culture by providing and receiving constructive feedback.
• Navigate ambiguous product settings, using your problem‑solving skills to identify and address user needs.
• Write and review code in Chrome's codebase.

Skills

Frontend development

UX Engineer

Mentoring

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

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Google Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.


• 6 years of experience in front-end development, technical UX design, or prototyping.


• Experience in application development in one or more platform/area (e.g., web, iOS, Android, CompDes, XR).

Preferred qualifications:

• 7 years of experience developing responsive, adaptive, and performant websites and applications.


• 6 years of experience as a front-end developer, UX Engineer, creative or design technologist, or in a prototyping design environment.


• Experience in designing, prototyping, and delivering high-quality user-facing features from idea to launch.


• Frontend development with backend integrations and rapid UX prototyping experience.


• Ability to translate mocks and wireframes into well-structured and responsive user interfaces.

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.

The web is what you make of it and our team is helping the world make more of the web. From open‑source pros to user‑experience extraordinaires, we develop products that help users connect, communicate and collaborate with others. Our consumer products and cloud platforms are giving millions of users at homes, businesses, universities and nonprofits around the world the tools that shape their web experience -- and changing the way they think about computing.

Chrome is dedicated to building a better, more open web. We’re focused on making a better browser (on both desktop and mobile) to help users take advantage of all the web has to offer in a safe and secure way. Chrome is available across all major platforms — iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. We also built Chrome as an open source project so the entire web ecosystem could benefit from the latest innovations in speed, simplicity and security.

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

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to design and prototype new features that enhance the user experience on Chrome.


• Model a feedback culture by providing and receiving constructive feedback.


• Navigate ambiguous product settings, using your problem‑solving skills to identify and address user needs.


• Write and review code in Chrome's codebase.

• Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.


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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.