Research Scientist, Machine Learning (Strategic Initiatives)

Google DeepMind; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI research company in London seeks a Research Scientist specializing in machine learning for strategic initiatives. The role involves collaborating with experts, engaging in innovative projects, and applying advanced machine learning to solve key challenges. Candidates should have a PhD and a passion for developing safe machine learning technologies. Join a supportive environment fostering collaboration and diversity.

Qualifications

• PhD demonstrating significant advances in machine learning or equivalent practical experience.
• Passion for accelerating the development of safe machine learning using innovative technologies.
• Experience with common scripting languages and pipelining tools.

Responsibilities

• Engage with research efforts in the Strategic Initiatives Program to solve key challenges.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to develop novel approaches.
• Report and present research findings clearly and efficiently.

Skills

Machine learning expertise

Programming experience

Quantitative skills in maths and statistics

Experience with common scripting languages

Education

PhD in machine learning or equivalent experience

Job description

Research Scientist, Machine Learning (Strategic Initiatives)

London, UK

Snapshot

Accelerate research in strategic projects that enable trustworthy, robust and reliable machine learning with a group of research scientists and engineers on a mission-driven team. Together, you will apply ML and other computational techniques to a wide range of challenging problems. A public example of recent work is SynthID, and we are actively pursuing other exciting projects across many disciplines.

About Us

We’re a dedicated scientific community, committed to “solving intelligence” and ensuring our technology is used for widespread public benefit.

We’ve built a supportive and inclusive environment where collaboration is encouraged and learning is shared freely. We don’t set limits based on what others think is possible or impossible. We drive ourselves and inspire each other to push boundaries and achieve ambitious goals.

The Role

As a Research Scientist in Strategic Initiatives, you will use your machine learning expertise to collaborate with domain experts and other machine learning scientists within our strategic initiatives programs. Domains may include, but are not limited to, machine learning robustness, the provenance of synthetic media, and the trustworthiness of data.

Key responsibilities

• Engage with existing research efforts in the Strategic Initiatives Program to solve key challenges using your broad machine learning experience.
• Collaborate with researchers and machine learning engineers to identify and develop novel machine learning approaches to solve meaningful strategic problems.
• Report and present research findings and developments (including status and results) clearly and efficiently both internally and externally, verbally and in writing.
• Suggest and engage in team collaborations to meet research goals for the wider science programme.

About You

In order to set you up for success as a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:

• PhD demonstrating significant advances in machine learning or equivalent practical experience.
• Passion for accelerating the development of safe machine learning using innovative technologies.
• Programming experience.
• Quantitative skills in maths and statistics.
• Experience with common scripting languages and pipelining tools.

In addition, the following would be an advantage:

• Experience in applying machine learning techniques to problems surrounding robust and trustworthy deployments of models.
• Experience with GenAI audio or video models.
• Demonstrated success in delivering high quality research impact.
• Experience with adversarial robustness, data influence or watermarking.
• A real passion for AI!

In assessing technical backgrounds, we will take a holistic view of the mix of scientific, machine learning, and computational experience. We do not expect you to be an expert in all fields simultaneously.

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.

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