Senior Research Engineer, Responsibility
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Job Location:
Mountain View, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 166000 - 244000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Snapshot
This role is for a Research Engineer focusing on a range of projects within the Responsibility portfolio at Google DeepMind. This role is crucial for fulfilling DeepMinds mission to build AI responsibly to benefit this role you will collaborate with a team of engineers and scientists to advance responsible AI development.
About Us
Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanitys most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind were a team of scientists engineers machine learning experts and more working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery and collaborate with others on critical challenges ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.
The Role
Were looking for a Research Engineer to contribute to key projects within our Responsibility portfolio. You will work within a team of research engineers and scientists fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. You will be responsible for designing building and maintaining ML systems and tools and ensuring alignment with Google DeepMinds broader strategy for responsible AI. This role requires a blend of deep technical expertise in Machine Learning and Large Language Models strong engineering skills and the ability to collaborate effectively. You will work closely with research scientists other engineers and product managers to deliver impactful results and communicate progress effectively.
Key responsibilities:
- Conduct high-quality research in areas related to AI safety ethics and responsibility.
- Design implement and run experiments to test new ideas and hypotheses.
- Analyze and interpret experimental results and communicate findings to the team.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g. Research Engineering Policy) to identify and address key challenges in responsible AI.
- Contribute to the development of robust and scalable ML systems and tools.
- Stay abreast of the latest advancements in AI machine learning LLMs and AI ethics and safety.
- Contribute to research papers and publications.
About You
In order to set you up for success in this role we look for the following skills and experience:
- PhD in Computer Science Machine Learning or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience in a research or engineering role.
- Proven track record of contributing to complex machine learning projects.
- Deep understanding and hands-on experience with state-of-the-art Machine Learning techniques particularly in Deep Learning and Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Strong programming skills preferably in Python and experience with common ML frameworks (e.g. TensorFlow PyTorch JAX).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
In addition some of the following would be an advantage:
- Masters or PhD in Computer Science Machine Learning or a related field.
- Experience working in AI ethics safety or responsibility research.
- Experience with large-scale data processing and distributed systems.
- Publications or contributions to the machine learning research community.
- Experience working in a fast-paced research-driven environment.
- Familiarity with the sociotechnical aspects of AI systems.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $166000 - $244000 bonus equity benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.
Application deadline: Wednesday 5th November 2025.
Note: In the event your application is successful and an offer of employment is made to you any offer of employment will be conditional on the results of a background check performed by a third party acting on our behalf. For more information on how we handle your data please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy
At Google DeepMind we value diversity of experience knowledge backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex race religion or belief ethnic or national origin disability age citizenship marital domestic or civil partnership status sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation please do not hesitate to let us know.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
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- Machine Learning
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- Python
- C/C++
- Image Processing
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- OS Kernels
- Research Experience
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- Research & Development
- Computer Vision
About Company
Artificial intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. We research and build safe artificial intelligence systems. We're committed to solving intelligence, to advance science and benefit humanity.
