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Senior UX Designer, Search App

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Compensation
$159–230K/yr
Location
Mountain View, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior UX Designer will shape the foundational architecture and interaction patterns for the Search app, creating a cohesive, intuitive experience across platforms. The role partners with product, engineering, and design teams to evolve design systems, establish best practices, and advocate for user needs. The team aims to make Search more personalized, adaptable, and proactive while helping users navigate with clarity and confidence.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Interaction DesignNative App DesignDesign SystemsComponent DesignCross-Functional CollaborationDesign Project Leadership

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience6 Years Interaction Design ExperiencePortfolio or Relevant Work LinkMaster's in Design, HCI, CS or Related3 Years Complex Organization Experience2 Years Leading Design Projects

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.

  • Experience designing for native app-first experiences (e.g., iOS, Android).

  • Experience contributing to mature design systems including component design, documentation, and education.

  • 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.

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

  • 2 years of experience leading design projects.

  • Experience designing native-first app experiences.

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, you'll 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.

The team's mission is to lead with craft and proactively shape a cohesive, intuitive, and user-centric foundation for the app. We believe a great app is built on a strong and thoughtful foundation. In this role, you will be responsible for the core architecture, and foundational elements that empower teams to embody the builders mindset and users to navigate with clarity and confidence. Along with our partners, we will build the foundations for an app that is not just a collection of features, but a personalized, adaptable, and reliable companion that anticipates user needs and establishes clear mental models of Search in an app. We will move from a reactive to a proactive stance, establishing a clear architectural point of view that guides future development.

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: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Create and extend interaction patterns, reconcile design divergences, and craft durable design frameworks that elevate user experiences. Define the style and provide direction for the visual artifacts of SDS Native documents and tools.

  • Partner with product areas to advocate for SDS and App Foundations, promote standards, and integrate changes into guidelines. Collaborate effectively across functional teams.

  • Identify emerging needs, develop interaction design best practices, and contribute to interaction pattern documentation.

  • Lead or contribute to key projects, ensuring a holistic systems-thinking approach and advocating for user needs across platforms and applications.

  • Foster a system-wide design mindset within the team. Partner strategically with engineering, product, and Search Foundations to define the future of design systems at Search (and Google).

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How this job compares

Set against the 746 open Product Design jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$159–230K/yr
  • California median$189–270K/yr157 salary ranges
  • US median$177–245K/yr510 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $195K, is 13% below the California median midpoint ($223K) — in the middle half of Product Design salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 226 open Product Design jobs in California and 746 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Product Design postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (551 postings).
Education
261 of the 746 open Product Design jobs (35%) 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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