Frontier AI Research Engineer — Foundation Models & Systems

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking research-focused Software Engineers embedded across the company to design, test, and deploy large-scale AI and ML solutions. You will work on foundational algorithms, experimental prototypes, and production-ready architectures with broad impact across products and collaboration with research programs worldwide.

Responsibilities include leading end-to-end development, partnering with engineering and product teams, and advancing safety and ethics while publishing findings with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience programming in Python or C++.
• Experience with machine learning, algorithm design, data structures, and distributed software systems.
• Experience taking technical projects or machine learning systems from conceptual formulation to implementation and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design, train, and optimize foundational algorithms and machine learning systems (e.g., personalized model adaptation, agentic workflows, contextual memory architectures, dynamic prompt optimization, and multimodal reasoning).
• Lead end-to-end technical development from algorithmic design and experimental prototyping to production-grade architecture and scaled serving infrastructure.
• Partner directly with engineering and product teams to integrate and harden core technologies within production environments (e.g., Project Helix, agent workspaces, and intelligent system integrations).
• Formulate novel automated and human-in-the-loop evaluation methodologies to measure capability gains, latency/compute efficiency, alignment, and personalization fidelity.

Skills

Python

C++

Machine learning

Algorithms

Data structures

Distributed systems

Deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Google is seeking research-focused Software Engineers embedded across the company to design, test, and deploy large-scale AI and ML solutions. You will work on foundational algorithms, experimental prototypes, and production-ready architectures with broad impact across products and collaboration with research programs worldwide.

Responsibilities include leading end-to-end development, partnering with engineering and product teams, and advancing safety and ethics while publishing findings with