Research Scientist, Paradigms of Intelligence

Google; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Canada is seeking a Research Scientist to lead large-scale experiments, develop novel AI algorithms, and publish results. You will collaborate across teams to push the state of the art in ML and LLM-related methods, contributing to both academic and product-oriented projects.

You will design experiments, prototype architectures, and help deploy promising ideas while working with researchers globally. Canada/US locations and equity participation are offered.

Qualifications

• PhD in CS or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• One or more scientific publication submissions to major conferences, journals, or public repositories (e.g., CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR).

Responsibilities

• Carry out sustained exploratory research.
• Review literature, design experiments, and interpret results.
• Collaborate in person and remotely; maintain a respectful work environment.
• Share ideas and publish work at journals or scientific conferences.

Skills

Excellent programming

Machine learning experience

Publications experience

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LLM training tools

Job description

For Canadian applicants:

This posting is for a new vacancy.

Google utilizes AI tools to assist in assessing candidates in our hiring processes.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Montreal, QC, Canada; Toronto, ON, Canada; Cambridge, MA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• One or more scientific publication submission(s) for conferences, journals, or public repositories (such as CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.).

Preferred qualifications

• Post-doctoral experience.
• Experience in the field of machine learning.
• Experience in the training and fine-tuning of LLMs.
• Experience in the use of LLMs in fields of program synthesis or automated code discovery.
• Excellent computer programming skills.
• First-authored or last-authored publications in the field of machine learning at top venues (e.g., ICLR, ICML, NeurIPS).

About The Job

As an organization, Google maintains a portfolio of research projects driven by fundamental research, new product innovation, product contribution and infrastructure goals, while providing individuals and teams the freedom to emphasize specific types of work. As a Research Scientist, you'll setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly, managing deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new and improved products, processes, or technologies. From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more.

As a Research Scientist, you'll also actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing your findings, with ideas inspired by internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world.

Our team conducts basic research into alternative AI paradigms beyond those currently trending. Our goal is to discover novel AI algorithms that can be efficient to run on typical or alternate computing substrates, using a mix of automated, hand-designed, and hybrid methods - specifically focusing on how advancing Large Language Model (LLM)-related techniques can accelerate this process.

In this role, you will research, develop, and publish breakthroughs in both algorithm discovery methods and the resulting algorithms themselves.

The Technology & Society organization connects research, people, and ideas across Google and Alphabet to help shape and advance our most ambitious technology innovations and initiatives and their impact on users and society for the better, and responsibly. In addition, we also aim to share perspectives, engage, and collaborate with others externally on technology related issues and opportunities for society.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Canada: $150000 - $153000 (CAD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Carry out sustained exploratory research.
• Review literature, identify key questions, design experiments, and interpret results.
• Collaborate in person and remotely; maintain a respectful work environment.
• Share ideas verbally and in writing; publish and present work at journals or scientific conferences.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.