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Google engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. As a member of an extraordinarily creative, motivated and talented team, you develop new products that are used by millions of people. We need our engineers to be versatile and passionate to tackle new problems as we continue to push technology forward. If you get excited about building new things and aren't daunted by the challenge of building something from scratch, then our team might be your next career step.

User experience (UX) is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that people love. We strive to learn and understand our users’ needs, behaviors, and emotions to yield insights that inform product strategy and guide the design of the experiences we create. Our multidisciplinary UX teams include designers, researchers, content strategists, and engineers who are passionate about quality, usability, and performance. We collaborate closely with product managers, software engineers, and many others to solve complex challenges and craft powerful experiences that highlight our products’ unique capabilities and personalities. Our work touches billions while exemplifying a key principle that is core to Google’s philosophy: “Focus on the user and all else will follow.”

Responsibilities

• Work closely with UX designers, project managers and back-end engineers to implement versatile front-end solutions to web development problems.


• Embrace emerging standards while promoting best practices in order to push the limits of what a browser can do.


• Manage your own time, and work well both independently and as part of a team.


• Launch, iterate and make a difference. Provide front-end coding expertise, and be ready to make our products better for our users.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.


• Experience with web technologies (e.g. object-oriented JavaScript, HTML, CSS).


• Experience working with the latest web standards including HTML5 and CSS3.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in software development and developing numerous web-based applications.


• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (such as Backbone, Angular, or Ember) and CSS pre-processing frameworks (such as Sass or Less).


• Experience with a scripting language, such as Python, Ruby, etc.


• Experience working in Unix environment.


• Experience in data analysis and/or visualization.


• Knowledge of web design and the fundamentals of user experience, including accessibility.

At Google, we don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. 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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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