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Staff Interaction Designer, Search

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Mountain View, CAJob$188–274K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed 2w ago

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Compensation
$188–274K/yr
Location
Mountain View, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Staff Interaction Designer will shape user-centered, app-first experiences for Google Search, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management. The role calls for strong design craft, systems thinking, trend awareness, and AI fluency to create coherent, engaging experiences that scale. The designer will influence stakeholders, advance design solutions tied to user and business needs, and mentor junior designers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

User Experience Design (UX)Product DesignMobile Application DevelopmentDesign StrategiesMentorshipUser-Centered DesignSystems ThinkingTrend AnalysisUX DesignMobile App DesignDesign StrategyAI PrototypingAI ConceptsAI Output AssessmentStakeholder Influence

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent8 Years Product Design or UXPortfolio or Work LinkMaster's in Design, HCI, CS or Related12 Years Product Design or UX5 Years Cross-Functional Organization Experience4 Years Leading Design Projects3 Years Executive Leader ExperienceEnglish Proficiency

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info_outline XApplicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 8 years of experience in product design or UX.

  • Experience designing for mobile applications for iOS or Android.

  • Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

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

  • 12 years of experience in product design or UX.

  • 5 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.

  • 4 years of experience leading design projects.

  • 3 years of experience working with executive leaders.

About the job At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a UX Interaction Designer, you’ll join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, leveraging user insights to create industry-leading products. You’ll always start from a user-centered app-first mindset to drive intuitive, highly engaging user journeys for our products. You’ll bring a builder's mindset with strong craft and the ability to make design decisions that result in a coherent user experience while also assessing for execution, longevity and scale of designs. You’ll have an aesthetic sensibility, understanding relevant trends to make design decisions that increase the overall appeal of our product set. You’ll be a systems thinker with the ability to analyze existing landscapes and consider how factors or components interrelate with each other and within the context of larger systems. You’ll bring AI fluency to effectively interact and prototype with AI tools, understand core AI concepts and limitations and critically assess desired outputs for accuracy. In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally. 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

  • Influence stakeholders across functions to gain support for design strategies.

  • Drive the development of innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.

  • Drive a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.

  • Drive design solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends that further business outcomes.

  • Provide mentorship and guidance to junior designers on the team.

Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google's Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy. 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. 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. To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 584 open UX Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$188–274K/yr
  • California median$152–209K/yr115 salary ranges
  • US median$138–189K/yr417 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $231K, is 26% above the California median midpoint ($183K) — in the top quarter of UX Designer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 152 open UX Designer jobs in California and 584 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four UX Designer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 500 postings).
Education
124 of the 584 open UX Designer jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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