Senior Interaction Designer, Access Everywhere

Senior Interaction Designer for Access EverywhereAt 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 Access Everywhere (AEv) team builds the core authentication, authorization, and sign-in experiences that anchor Google's ecosystem across first-party products and third-party (3P) websites and applications. As we enter an agentic era where autonomous AI agents, non-deterministic interfaces, ambient computing, and delegated actions re-shape digital interactions, sign-in and identity permissioning must evolve. The Senior Interaction Designer for Access Everywhere will collaborate with key partners on developing and/or evolving concepts for how users authenticate, delegate authority, and manage credentials safely and effortlessly. This role focuses on envisioning next-generation identity concepts, creating high-impact pitches in a fast-paced environment, and modernizing foundational third-party identity journeys and the developer experience to support AI-driven delegation and contextual authentication.The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google's products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.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 about benefits at Google.In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include: Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks Holidays: 13 paid days per year Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Jose, CA, USA.Minimum qualifications:Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).Preferred qualifications:3 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.Experience designing for AI-assisted workflows, conversational interfaces, non-deterministic UIs, or delegated authorization systems.Experience driving design alignment across large, multi-disciplinary organizations with competing priorities and strict privacy/security mandates.Experience designing for both enterprise and consumer-facing products.Knowledge of identity/security paradigms and 3P developer ecosystem needs.Ability to synthesize ambiguous technical requirements into compelling user-centric narratives and present strategic concepts to senior engineering and product executives.ResponsibilitiesEnvision forward-looking UX concepts for third-party identity and the developer experience. Create prototypes and narrative storyboards to align cross-functional leaders around next-generation AI paradigms.Redesign and scale existing authentication flows to balance user velocity with enterprise-grade privacy and security.Architect state-aware interaction models for AI-driven delegation, enabling users to grant contextual, scoped, and time-bound permissions to agents interacting with 3P services.Partner closely with UX, Product, Engineering, and Research to translate complex backend protocols into intuitive, seamless user journeys.Identify emerging UX patterns and integration frameworks to ensure consistent, trustworthy Google authentication experiences across Google and external platforms.