Research Scientist, AI Security for Codebases

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

Job summary

Google DeepMind is seeking a Research Scientist, AI Secure Code, to lead vulnerability research and develop scalable infrastructure for CodeMender’s security tools. You will run large-scale experiments, publish findings, and contribute to core AI safety projects within a global team.

Location: Mountain View, CA. The role emphasizes both cutting-edge research and practical deployment across Google’s developer tools and workflows.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent practical experience in CS/related field.
• Experience with vulnerability research (auditing, reverse engineering, exploitation).
• Experience building infrastructure, developer tools, or ML-based applications.
• Publication record in AI conferences (NeurIPS, CVPR, ICCV, ICLR).

Responsibilities

• Set up large-scale tests and deploy ideas quickly and broadly.
• Develop scalable infrastructure for CodeMender’s vulnerability detection/remediation.
• Build evaluation pipelines, benchmarks, and leaderboards to measure agent performance.
• Collaborate with product and platform teams to deploy research-based solutions.

Skills

Python

C++

Go

Vulnerability research

Research publications

Education

PhD in CS/EE or related field

Bachelors/Master in CS (preferred)

Job description

Google DeepMind is seeking a Research Scientist, AI Secure Code, to lead vulnerability research and develop scalable infrastructure for CodeMender’s security tools. You will run large-scale experiments, publish findings, and contribute to core AI safety projects within a global team.

Location: Mountain View, CA. The role emphasizes both cutting-edge research and practical deployment across Google’s developer tools and workflows.