Staff UX Researcher, GeminiApp, DeepMind
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA - Experience
- 8 years of experience in User Experience Research, Product Strategy, or a related field within consumer-facing technology.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Cognitive Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads foundational UX research for Gemini generative AI, shaping product roadmaps, model-tuning signals, and evaluation frameworks based on user needs.
What you'll do
- Lead foundational research to identify user needs and inform the multi-year product roadmap.
- Define user-feedback signals for Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) model tuning.
- Partner with Research, Product Management, and Strategy and Operations to integrate user insights into business and technical strategy and develop AI evaluation frameworks.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Cognitive Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in User Experience Research, Product Strategy, or a related field within consumer-facing technology.
- Experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Nice to have
- Experience with systems whose user experience is driven by machine learning, such as AI, search, algorithmic feeds, or cloud platforms.
- Experience influencing executive stakeholders and managing product changes through evidence-based narratives.
Pay
$188000 - $274000 (USD) base salary
Tools
Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)
AI focus
Researches generative AI user needs, defines RLHF model-tuning signals, and develops frameworks to evaluate AI qualities including hallucination tolerance, creative agency, and collaborative trust.
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