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Senior Quantitative UX Researcher, Searchcorporate_fare Google place Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; +1 moreApplyinfo_outlineMinimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.5 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.Experience in programming languages used for data analysis and computational statistics (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, or Go).Experience with research design utilizing various methods (e.g., usability studies, contextual inquiry, surveys, etc.).Preferred Qualifications:Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Statistics, Psychology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.Experience developing and maintaining a successful longitudinal survey research program.Experience with log analysis tools and ability to analyze system logs.Experience in product research in usability or generative settings.Ability to work with data sets and navigate data infrastructure.Excellent collaboration and communication skills, across peers and executive management, building consensus and driving technical decisions with various sized customer stakeholder groups.About the Job:At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Quantitative User Experience Researchers make this possible.Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, needs, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design.As a Quantitative User Experience Researcher (Quant UXR), you’ll help inform your team of UXers, product managers, and engineers about user needs. You’ll play a critical role in creating useful, usable, and delightful products.You will investigate user behavior and user needs using empirical research methods such as logs analysis, survey research, path modeling, and regression analysis. Quant UXRs vary in background and use skills from computer science, quantitative social science, econometrics, data science, survey research, psychology, human-computer interaction, and other fields.The Quantitative UXR community at Google will help you do your best work. You’ll have the opportunity to work with and learn from UXRs across Google through regular meetups, mentor programs, and access to internal research tools.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.Responsibilities:Define and measure quantitative UX goals and metrics in collaboration with Designers, Qualitative Researchers, Data Scientists, Engineers, and Program Managers.Develop code and statistical models to understand user experience.Conduct empirical research using methods from computer science, quantitative social science, statistics, econometrics, and other fields to understand user behavior and extract patterns from data sets.Examine existing data and product designs to generate hypotheses and plans for research.Prioritize and deliver research to improve user experience. Communicate findings to stakeholders in the company, supporting both research experts and non-experts.Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law.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. #J-18808-Ljbffr