UXEs at Google operate within two focus areas, or “lenses,” and solve problems in the (often amorphous) space between.

Design lens

Ian Li: The design lens requires a lot of collaboration with UX designers and researchers within my team: figuring out what questions to explore with prototypes; advising the team on what interactive features are feasible and demonstrating them with prototypes; and creating prototypes that can be used to explore designs and to conduct user studies.