Staff iOS Creative Technologist, Search Google

Skills / Requirements

• AI Studio
• Cursor
• Firebase
• Firebase Studio
• Full Tech Stacks
• Hosted Backends
• Interaction Design
• Motion Design
• Physics
• Project Management
• Prototyping
• Supabase
• Swift
• Systems Thinking
• Technical Leadership
• Technical UX Design
• User Insights
• Vibe Coding
• Visual Design

Why Apply

This role is ideal for developers skilled in vibe coding tools like AI Studio and Cursor. You'll leverage these technologies to prototype and iterate on iOS applications, driving innovation in user interaction and motion design.

What You'll Be Doing

You will collaborate with researchers and designers to develop and test new features for iOS applications. Your day involves creating prototypes, refining interaction designs, and ensuring high-quality execution of user-facing technologies.

Pay and Career Growth

The role offers a competitive salary range of $189,000 to $274,000, plus bonus and equity. Working at Google provides access to a collaborative culture and opportunities for leadership and project management experience.

Benefits and Perks

• benefits
• Bonus
• competitive salary
• Equity

Is This Role Right for You?

Original Job Description

Staff iOS Creative Technologist, Search

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Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

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Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Design, or equivalent practical experience.

8 years of experience in iOS development in Swift, technical UX design, and prototyping.

Experience with vibe coding tools, including AI Studio, Cursor, Antigravity, Firebase Studio.

Experience in motion design related to physics, patterns, and visual design elements.

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

Preferred qualifications:

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Design, or equivalent practical experience.

7 years of experience in technical leadership and managing projects.

Experience working with hosted backends (e.g. Firebase, Supabase) to power prototypes.

Familiarity working across full tech stacks and production environments.

Excellent leadership, communication, project management, and organizational skills.

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.

In this role, you will need both types of skills to develop the next-generation of products.You will partner with Researchers and Designers to deliver new features, test new concepts and assist with final implementation. You will work with interaction and motion designers to create interactive goals to explore novel interactions, build testable prototypes for usability studies, set the bar for polish and animation quality, and assist with final production implementation.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $189,000-$274,000 + 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 aboutbenefits at Google (https://careers.google.com/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

Test concepts for iteration, research, and validation, conceiving and delivering engaging prototypes across a portfolio of products.

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

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

Strategize, brainstorm, and define approaches that optimize implementation of the design intent.

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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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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCPEEOPost.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.