About the role#
As a User Experience Engineer Intern, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team to bridge the gap between design and production. You will focus on the front end of our products, using your technical skills to help launch features for a global audience. This is a paid, full-time internship for the Summer 2027 term.
What you'll do#
- Collaborate with UX designers, project managers, and back-end engineers.
- Design, architect, and implement high-fidelity interactive prototypes to explore new interface paradigms, such as multimodal AI or conversational systems.
- Provide front-end coding expertise to improve our products.
- Implement versatile solutions to web development challenges.
- Manage your own time while working effectively both independently and as part of a team.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in a PhD program for Computer Science, HCI, Design, or a related technical field.
- Proficiency in English.
- Experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Experience designing and implementing user interfaces.
- Ability to work full-time for 12 weeks outside of your university term.
- Status as a student in your penultimate academic year or returning to your degree program after the internship.
- Experience with modern frontend frameworks and libraries.
- Experience coding in Python, TypeScript, Go, C++, Java, Swift, or Kotlin.
- Experience developing high-fidelity interactive prototypes or novel interaction models.
Location & details#
This is an on-site internship. You may indicate a preference for one of the following locations: Mountain View, Atlanta, Austin, Boulder, Bellevue, Cambridge, Chicago, Irvine, Kirkland, Los Angeles, Madison, New York, Palo Alto, Pittsburgh, Reston, Redmond, San Diego, Goleta, San Bruno, Seattle, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Sunnyvale, Washington D.C., or Portland.
About Google
Google develops software and hardware products for global users. The company focuses on areas including search, online video, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing. It maintains a large workforce with over 300,000 employees. Operations span multiple international locations with its headquarters based in Mountain View, California.
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