Senior Research Engineer, Fitbit, AI/ML

Google Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative global company is seeking talented software engineers to develop next-generation technologies that transform how billions of users connect and interact. This role involves working on critical projects, contributing to machine learning solutions, and collaborating with diverse teams to push technology boundaries. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in software development, data structures, and algorithms, along with expertise in machine learning frameworks. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact product development and user experience.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with machine learning model pretraining and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Design and implement solutions in specialized machine learning areas.

Skills

Data Structures

Algorithms

Software Development

Machine Learning

Python

C++

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Jax

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with data structures or algorithms and software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with machine learning model pretraining, fine-tuning, evaluation, and optimization methodologies.
• Experience in using common machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Jax.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience publishing in high-quality machine learning journals.
• Experience in Python and C++.

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design, and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities, and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practices amongst available technologies (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Design and implement solutions in one or more specialized machine learning areas, leverage or build machine learning infrastructure, and manage machine learning project lifecycle.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

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