Research Scientist, Factuality

Google Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational technology company is seeking a Research Scientist to enhance AI capabilities in factuality for Gemini. You will collaborate with diverse teams, conduct experimental research, and evaluate AI performance. The ideal candidate holds a PhD in Computer Science or a related field, with at least 2 years of experience leading research and having published scientific work. Your role entails driving forward research initiatives and extensive collaboration, requiring both theoretical knowledge and practical expertise.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience leading a research agenda.
• One or more scientific publication submissions.

Responsibilities

• Drive research to improve Gemini capabilities.
• Review literature to guide research directions.
• Curate data to evaluate Gemini.
• Conduct fine-tuning and reinforcement learning experiments.
• Collaborate with partners to deliver new capabilities.

Skills

Experience with Large Language Models (LLM) training

Experience in software engineering for machine learning

Publications in top machine learning conferences

Education

PhD degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Qualifications

• PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience leading a research agenda.
• One or more scientific publication submission(s) for conferences, journals, or public repositories.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Large Language Models (LLM) training and generative models.
• Experience in software engineering for machine learning.
• Publications in top machine learning conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, TACL, ACL, NAACL, EMNLP, COLM).

About the job

As a Research Scientist on this team, you will play a critical role in measuring and enhancing the factuality of Gemini. You will collaborate extensively with numerous research and engineering teams to drive foundational improvements. You will also require a unique blend of theoretical research and applied science to solve one of the most critical issues in Artificial Intelligence (AI) today.

Responsibilities

• Drive research efforts to improve frontier Gemini capabilities, such as factuality.
• Review the latest literature to guide research and experimental directions.
• Curate and generate data to evaluate and improve Gemini capabilities.
• Design and conduct supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning experiments to improve the performance of Gemini capabilities such as factuality.
• Collaborate with partners and product functions to deliver new model capabilities to production.

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