UX Engineer, Search Design System

Google LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Mountain View, New York, and San Francisco is seeking a UX Engineer to join a multi-disciplinary team delivering frontend prototypes and scalable interfaces used by millions. You will craft production-ready features and collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to bring user insights into execution.

You will mentor engineers and designers, drive standards, and bridge design goals with model capabilities to advance AI-powered features at global scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in a technical, UX, or design setting.
• 6 years of experience in front end development or UX engineering.
• Experience with vibe coding tools: AI Studio, Cursor, Antigravity, Firebase Studio.
• Familiarity across full tech stacks and production environments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative, engaging prototypes using the latest in front-end technologies.
• Architect prompt engineering pipelines and middleware layers for consistent UI-mapped outputs.
• Mentor mid-to-executive engineers and designers, defining standards and core libraries.
• Partner with senior team members to promote design system standards and workflows.
• Bridge design goals and model capabilities when standard solutions don’t exist.

Skills

Front-end development

UX engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AI Studio

Cursor

Antigravity

Firebase Studio

Job description

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in a technical, UX, or design setting, or a related experience.
• 6 years of experience in front end development or UX engineering.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience in a technical, UX, design environment, or similar.
• 7 years of technical leadership experience.
• Experience with vibe coding tools, including AI Studio, Cursor, Antigravity, Firebase Studio.
• Familiarity working across full tech stacks and production environments.

About the job

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our UX Engineers are versatile and passionate about pushing technology forward, comfortable working across discipline lines to develop products used by millions.

You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, using user insights to create industry-leading products. Working on the front end in a challenging, fast-paced environment, you will bridge UX best practices and production execution. You’ll use your creativity, analytical skills, and knowledge of user-facing technologies to enable efficient, high-quality execution and launch innovative features to a global audience.

Join Google Search AI and work at the intersection of industry leading global scale. We apply breakthrough research, leveraging models like Gemini, to launch high-impact products that help billions ask any question and get things done. If you want to drive the future of AI in Search and work with experts to deliver tangible, global impact and continuous innovation, this is the place.

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

US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Deliver innovative, engaging prototypes using the latest in front-end technologies.
• Architect prompt engineering pipelines and middleware layers to ensure LLMs consistently create output that perfectly maps to UI components.
• Mentor mid-to-executive engineers and designers, establishing web engineering excellence standards, contributing to core libraries and defining the organizational playbook for AI product development.
• Partner with executive members of the team, define and promote standards, and integrate changes into design system and workflow guidelines.
• Apply an inventive mindset to technical issues, finding ways to bridge gaps between design goal and model capabilities when standard solutions don't yet exist.

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 .

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.

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