Creative Technologist, Creative Lab

Key Skills

Adobe Creative Suite, Machine learning techniques, UI design, UX design

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

• 6 years of experience working in a creative or technological space.
• Experience with machine learning and coding.
• A portfolio demonstrating your work.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience and knowledge of UI/UX best practices.
• Familiarity with App Engine development. Interest in hardware hacking, tangible interfaces, and experimental UI.
• Ability to self-initiate and interest in gadgets, inventions, and leaps in technology.
• Ability to thrive in a rapid paced environment on multiple projects in a start-up atmosphere.

About the job

The Creative Lab is a small team of designers, writers, programmers, filmmakers, producers and business thinkers. Our job is to make Google’s magic more magical, help advance and invent Google’s future, and to communicate Google’s innovations, intentions and ideals in ways that makes us all immensely proud.

As a Creative Technologist, you are a programmer interested in pushing technical and creative boundaries. In this role, you will help with implementing machine learning on products, development of interactive interfaces, front-ends, visualizations, physical prototypes native applications, and web-based products, including server-side implementation. You will work with a team of designers, writers, filmmakers, programmers, and creative tinkerers, while representing the technical side of the Creative Lab, and foster outside agency relationships as well as internal coordination with engineers and researchers.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $106,000-$155,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Prototype digital and physical interactive demos.
• Act as a technical partner in the production of Creative Lab projects.
• Experiment with various internal and external application programming interfaces and libraries.
• Work with machine learning models, and implement them into projects.
• Learn new technology and platforms.