UX Designer Jobs in Washington
UX Designer jobs in Washington are among the most active in the country, concentrated in tech product companies, healthcare systems, and enterprise software firms, with openings at every level from junior designer through principal and staff. Seattle anchors the market, drawing demand from major employers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing, while Bellevue and Redmond add significant volume. The most sought-after specializations are product design for enterprise software, UX research, and design systems work. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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- 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: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Linguistics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in conversation design, content design, with equivalent experience designing for conversational AI/LLMs or adaptive, personalized systems.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in vibe-coding and developing AI-powered prototypes.
- Demonstrated experience growing in a startup environment, comfortable with the ambiguity, rapid iteration, and resourcefulness to deliver impactful designs in a changing, evolving landscape.
- Proficiency in Figma.
- Familiarity with behavioral data and strong capability to create data-driven yet personalized designs, while being equally capable of moving forward in the absence of data.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to articulate positions, and tests partners with new product design thinking.
About the job
Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.
US: $160,000 - $231,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Apply deep understanding of model capabilities to guide prompt engineering and prototyping strategies, ensuring the delivery of consistently high-quality, context-aware and personalized model outputs.
- Initiate qualitative assessments of model performance, applying mastery of the eval process to develop a strategy for continuous quality hillclimbing to improve personalization experiences across the app.
- Partner with AI product designers to craft leading-edge multimodal solutions, ensuring model responses and UI components work in concert to deliver cohesive, high quality experiences.
- Develop system instructions for intuitive UX patterns and user controls for context, user preferences, and memory.
- Stay current on the latest design trends and technologies, in consumer technology, generative AI and natural language processing, and leverage this knowledge to innovate.
- 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: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Linguistics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in conversation design, content design, with equivalent experience designing for conversational AI/LLMs or adaptive, personalized systems.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in vibe-coding and developing AI-powered prototypes.
- Demonstrated experience growing in a startup environment, comfortable with the ambiguity, rapid iteration, and resourcefulness to deliver impactful designs in a changing, evolving landscape.
- Proficiency in Figma.
- Familiarity with behavioral data and strong capability to create data-driven yet personalized designs, while being equally capable of moving forward in the absence of data.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to articulate positions, and tests partners with new product design thinking.
About the job
Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.
US: $160,000 - $231,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Apply deep understanding of model capabilities to guide prompt engineering and prototyping strategies, ensuring the delivery of consistently high-quality, context-aware and personalized model outputs.
- Initiate qualitative assessments of model performance, applying mastery of the eval process to develop a strategy for continuous quality hillclimbing to improve personalization experiences across the app.
- Partner with AI product designers to craft leading-edge multimodal solutions, ensuring model responses and UI components work in concert to deliver cohesive, high quality experiences.
- Develop system instructions for intuitive UX patterns and user controls for context, user preferences, and memory.
- Stay current on the latest design trends and technologies, in consumer technology, generative AI and natural language processing, and leverage this knowledge to innovate.
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UX Designer Job Market in Washington
A snapshot from current Washington openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Amazon38
- Amazon Web Services5
- Microsoft3
- Tin Can2
- Whatnot2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software10
- Retail8
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces6
- Distribution & Wholesale1
- Banking & Financial Services1
What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in UX designer jobs across Washington.
- Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work across web or mobile platforms
- Proficiency in Figma or similar prototyping and design collaboration tools
- Experience conducting user research, usability testing, and synthesizing findings into design decisions
- Bachelor's degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, or a related field
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with product managers and engineers in agile environments
- Familiarity with accessibility standards including WCAG guidelines and inclusive design practices
UX Designer Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a ux designer in Washington?
UX design has no state-issued license in Washington, so the path runs through education and portfolio. Most employers in Seattle and Bellevue expect a bachelor's degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, visual design, or a related field, though strong self-taught or bootcamp graduates with demonstrated portfolios do get hired. Building case studies that show your full design process, from research through final deliverable, is the clearest credential recognized by Washington hiring teams.
Which companies hire ux designers in Washington?
Employers hiring ux designers in Washington right now include Amazon, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Washington's concentration of large tech headquarters and healthcare systems means openings appear year-round rather than in seasonal bursts.
Which Washington cities have the most ux designer jobs?
Seattle, Bellevue, and Redmond have the most ux designer openings in Washington. Seattle dominates because of its density of tech product companies and healthcare organizations headquartered there, while Bellevue and Redmond draw significant volume from major campus operations that maintain large in-house design teams.
Are there remote ux designer jobs in Washington?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 52% of ux designer openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting the screen-based, collaborative nature of design work. Research and strategy phases tend to be the most remote-friendly, while design sprints and stakeholder reviews often require at least occasional in-person presence.
How can I get hired as a ux designer in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is an associate or junior designer role at a mid-size Seattle tech company, where the team is small enough that new graduates get hands-on product work quickly. Many Washington employers in healthcare IT and enterprise software hire from UX apprenticeship programs or consider candidates moving laterally from visual design, product management coordination, or front-end development. A portfolio with two or three well-documented case studies, including at least one showing user research, consistently gives Washington candidates an edge over applicants without demonstrable process.
Where can I find and apply to ux designer jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to ux designer jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings updated regularly. Search the listings for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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