Staff Interaction Designer, Android Developer Experience

Staff Interaction Designer, Android Developer Experience

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XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: 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; Seattle, WA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in interaction design, product design or UX design.
• 3 years of experience leading design projects from conception to launch.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

• Masters degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 12 years of experience in product design or UX.

• Experience designing AI/Agent first solutions, Generative UI, or agentic/autonomous workflows.

• Proven ability to influence product strategy and gain executive buy-in, with strong prototyping skills, open mind, and ability to think out of the box.

• Exceptional storytelling and influencing skills, with the ability to translate technical complexity into compelling user narratives.

• Willingness to move beyond traditional design tools to perform code-based prototyping, and desire to build and leverage code to develop concepts.

About the job

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our Interaction Designers transform complex tasks into intuitive, easy-to-use experiences for billions of people. From creating user flows and wireframes to building mockups and prototypes, you will envision and bring product experiences to life with an inspired, refined, and magical feel. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, leveraging user insights to create industry-leading products.

As an Interaction Designer, youll apply user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences from concept to execution, working with design partners to evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative products.

Android is Google's 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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Establish UX frameworks and bring system thinking to the problem space. Design scalable interaction patterns for non-deterministic AI behaviors.
• Identify high-leverage opportunities for agentic solutions across the developer lifecycle, and tech stack, transforming nascent AI capabilities into actionable, user-centered product roadmaps.
• Collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners across multiple product areas (PAs) to align workstreams, and establish cohesive developer experiences.
• Serve as a trusted design strategist with Product Management and Engineering leads, balancing technical constraints with user value.
• Drive end-to-end design execution and lead design quality, system thinking, and polish.

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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 Googles EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire.

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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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