UX Engineer, Android XR

info_outlineXNote: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

4 years of experience with front-end development, technical UX design, or prototyping.

Experience with Android UI prototyping or development.

Experience with Android Compose.

Preferred qualifications:

5 years of experience developing native, clean, and compatible Android applications.

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

Experience with XR software development using unity/unreal or other engines.

Experience with the Jetpack support libraries, including Jetpack Compose.

Experience with material design standards and best practices.

Experience with motion frameworks, such as Lottie.

About the job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Google’s UX Engineers are versatile and passionate about taking on new problems to drive progress and vision for design teams. They’re comfortable wearing many hats and get excited about working across discipline lines to develop products and prototypes that bring new ideas to life.

Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.

As a UX Engineer, you'll work as part of a UX team in a challenging, fast-paced environment. You’ll demonstrate your creativity, analytical skills, and knowledge of user facing technologies to create prototypes that identify the best product experiences, launch innovative features, build tools that accelerate UX teams, bridge between design and engineering discussions, and enable efficient, high quality execution.

The Android XR UX Design team works on technologies to enable the next generation of immersive experiences and devices.

Android is Google’s open-source mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $129,000-$185,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

Fulfill several project requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.

Advise, collaborate with, and synthesize feedback from UX designers and researchers.

Collaborate with other engineers on final implementation and polish.

Meet high accessibility standards.

Serve as a mentor for early career UX engineers and peers.