Bioresilience AI Research Lead

Google LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Google DeepMind in London seeks a Lead Research Engineer for the Bioresilience program to drive development and deployment of GenAI-powered solutions for biological resilience.

You will lead teams across Biosecurity, GenAI, and Alphabet partners, translating AI breakthroughs into practical tools for pathogen detection and crop resilience while aligning with safety and ethics standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects.
• 5 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Partner with GDI, research leadership, external authorities and cross-functional teams to navigate ambiguity and set program objectives.
• Develop 0-to-1 solutions and workflows using internal platforms and foundation models; curate biological datasets and fine-tune models.
• Synthesize partner insights to inform frontier model development and safety safeguards.
• Advocate safe GenAI deployment and demonstrate capabilities for high-impact biological problems end-to-end.
• Lead a team of software and research engineers, fostering talent and prioritizing opportunities.

Skills

Software development

Technical leadership

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Google DeepMind in London seeks a Lead Research Engineer for the Bioresilience program to drive development and deployment of GenAI-powered solutions for biological resilience.

You will lead teams across Biosecurity, GenAI, and Alphabet partners, translating AI breakthroughs into practical tools for pathogen detection and crop resilience while aligning with safety and ethics standards.