Research Engineer, Gemini Omni, DeepMind

WeAreTechWomen; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Google DeepMind is seeking a research-focused Software Engineer embedded across the company to design, prototype, and deploy AI-driven systems at scale. You will work on large-scale experiments and collaborate with universities and institutes globally to accelerate AI innovation.

Responsibilities include prototyping, dataset curation, model training, and performance optimization across generative media and multimodal understanding, with a strong emphasis on safe, ethical AI development.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, applied statistics, machine learning or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience of TensorFlow or ML frameworks (e.g. JAX or PyTorch).
• Experience working in industry, working on projects from proof-of-concept through to implementation.
• Experience with training diffusion models.
• Experience conducting applied research.

Responsibilities

• Apply research ideas to high-impact real world problems through prototyping, dataset curation, model training, performance optimization, and deployment.
• Develop cutting-edge techniques in Generative Media (image, video, and audio).
• Optimize algorithms and models for efficient inference.
• Advance capabilities in Multimodal Understanding.
• Perform comprehensive model optimization to enhance performance and scale.

Skills

TensorFlow / ML frameworks

Industry experience

Training diffusion models

Applied research

Diffusion model theories

Education

Master's degree in CS / math / stats

Tools

JAX

PyTorch

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: London, UK; Zürich, Switzerland.

Minimum qualifications:

• Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, applied statistics, machine learning or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience of TensorFlow or ML frameworks (e.g. JAX or PyTorch).
• Experience working in industry, working on projects from proof-of-concept through to implementation.
• Experience with training diffusion models.
• Experience conducting applied research.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in inference optimization.
• Experience with data pipelines.
• Experience with training large-scale models.
• Cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Knowledge of machine learning, statistics, and diffusion model theories.

About the job

At Google, research-focused Software Engineers are embedded throughout the company, allowing them to setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly. Ideas may come from internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world.

From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, engineers work on real-world problems including artificial intelligence, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more. But you stay connected to your research roots as an active contributor to the wider research community by partnering with universities and publishing papers.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 varied learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

Responsibilities

• Apply research ideas to high-impact real world problems through prototyping, dataset curation, model training, performance optimization, and deployment.
• Develop cutting-edge techniques in Generative Media (image, video, and audio).
• Optimize algorithms and models for efficient inference.
• Advance capabilities in Multimodal Understanding.
• Perform comprehensive model optimization to enhance performance and scale.

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.