Google

Surfaces Model UX Designer, GeminiApp, DeepMind

Google$159K — $231K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science, HCI, Linguistics, or related field.
  • 6 years in conversation design/content design, particularly for conversational AI/LLMs.
  • Portfolio or relevant work link required in resume.
  • Experience in managing mixed tactile/voice entry points and modality switching is preferred.
  • Skilled in guiding cross-functional teams through ideation and validation processes.

Responsibilities

  • Specify conversational structures and interaction patterns for multimodal entry points.
  • Implement advanced system instructions for optimizing dynamic responses.
  • Apply systems thinking for scalable solutions across multiple devices.
  • Conduct qualitative assessments of model performance with principle-based rubrics.
  • Collaborate with AI product designers to develop cohesive, glanceable experiences.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays.
  • Retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Comprehensive wellness programs and resources.
  • Access to professional development and training opportunities.
Full Job Description
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X Applicants 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; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Linguistics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience in conversation design, content design, with equivalent experience designing for conversational AI/LLMs.
  • include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience in interaction design, particularly managing mixed tactile/voice entry points and mid-conversation modality switching.
  • Experience in guiding cross-functional teams through ideation, validation, and iteration processes, transforming abstract ideas into shippable, user-centered model behavior.
  • Experience in vibe-coding and developing AI-powered prototypes.
  • Familiarity with behavioral data and strong capability to utilize user signals and lifecycle data to create data-driven designs, while being equally capable of moving forward in the absence of data.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to articulate positions, and challenge cross-functional partners with rigorous model UX principles.


About the job
In this role, you will shape the evolution of Gemini's mobile experience on Floaty, turning it into a seamless, contextual, and highly listenable assistant. As a key member of the Gemini App Model UX team, you will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and research scientists to solve unique multimodal and voice issues for a highly visible representative experience of Gemini. You will work directly with Google's advanced AI models to build real-world solutions that refine talk tracks, optimize dynamic responses, and manage complex multi-modal context switching. Your work will ensure that every model response feels intuitive, glanceable, and reliable, driving meaningful engagement and quality improvements for millions of users on-the-go.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $159000 - $231000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Specify the ideal conversational structures, query categorization logic, and underlying interaction patterns that bring voice, text, and multimodal entry points to life.
  • Implement advanced system instructions (SIs) that optimize dynamic responses based on user signals and device capabilities.
  • Apply systems thinking to deliver flexible solutions that scale across a range of devices.
  • Initiate qualitative assessments of model performance, establishing principle-based rubrics to drive continuous quality hillclimbing across core user journeys (CUJs).
  • Partner with AI product designers to craft leading-edge multimodal solutions, ensuring model responses, device signals, and screen relevancy work in concert to deliver cohesive, glanceable experiences.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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