Senior UX Engineer, Design Systems — Prototyping & Tools

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior UX Engineer for Design Systems to drive prototypes and design tooling across platforms. You will collaborate with designers and engineers to translate concepts into living prototypes and scalable design systems.

You’ll mentor early career UX engineers, contribute to libraries, and leverage AI to improve design tooling while delivering high-quality, accessible experiences.

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 at least one platform/area (e.g., web, iOS, Android, CompDes, XR).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with designers to refine feature ideas and product interactions.
• Build high-fidelity prototypes, tools, and frameworks to aid the design process, and work with team members to bring them in front of users.
• Update prototypes with new and refined ideas based on research feedback, and hand them off to engineering while providing technical insights.
• Contribute to team libraries that are used both across our prototypes and production.
• Utilize AI to improve the design system and build systems to transform the way our team works.

Skills

Front-end development

Technical UX design

Prototyping

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior UX Engineer for Design Systems to drive prototypes and design tooling across platforms. You will collaborate with designers and engineers to translate concepts into living prototypes and scalable design systems.

You’ll mentor early career UX engineers, contribute to libraries, and leverage AI to improve design tooling while delivering high-quality, accessible experiences.