Research Engineer, Tech Lead Manager, Frontier and AGI Security, DeepMind

Google DeepMind; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google DeepMind seeks a highly experienced Software Engineer focused on cybersecurity and AI safety. The role sits within the cyberattack safety team and involves building defenses for frontier models, conducting adversarial research, and collaborating with safety engineers to enhance Gemini’s cyber defenses.

You will apply engineering, ML, RL, and cybersecurity knowledge to create scalable, secure software, from research prototypes to production-ready infrastructure, impacting Gemini releases

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• 5 years of cybersecurity experience (red teaming, vulnerability IDs, reverse engineering, etc.).
• 5 years developing agentic tools.
• 2 years of people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Improve adversarial evaluation techniques (auto-red teaming).
• Drive defenses for out-of-model systems and introspection probes.
• Collaborate with safety engineering on adversarial research capabilities.
• Contribute to Gemini’s cyber defense capabilities.
• Bridge research to production for Gemini releases and user impact.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

Agentic tools development

People management

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in cybersecurity (e.g., red teaming, vulnerability identification, reverse engineering, black-box evaluation, etc.).
• 5 years of experience developing agentic tools.
• 2 years of experience as a people manager.

Preferred qualifications

• 2 years of experience in software development or engineering.
• Track record of research or engineering achievements, such as publications in peer-reviewed conferences or journals.
• Passion for AI technology and all of its possibilities.

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.

In this role, you will build solutions that enable us to protect the world from misuse of the next generation of frontier models and help defend against emerging cyber security risks. Capable cybersecurity models, combined with a sophisticated harness, you will present ongoing challenges that require better defenses.

You will apply engineering, ML, RL, and cybersecurity knowledge to make software more secure, building both research prototypes and robust, scalable infrastructure.

You will be a member of the cyberattack safety team, which is currently developing defenses for preventing misuse of our models for cyberattack as well as contributing to increasing Gemini’s capabilities for cyber defense.

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 diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits.

Responsibilities

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• Improve our adversarial evaluation (auto-red teaming) techniques.
• Drive improvements for out-of-model defenses such as classifiers and introspection probes.
• Collaborate with safety engineering to develop new capabilities based on adversarial research.
• Contribute to increasing Gemini’s capabilities for cyber defense.
• Gain an understanding of the path from research to production while working on real world problems. Your work will directly impact Gemini releases and users.

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 .