Research Scientist, Conversational AI & Agentic (Equity)

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

Job summary

Google Research in Mountain View, CA seeks a Senior Research Scientist for Conversational and Agentic Systems. You will lead research efforts, deploy scalable ideas, and work with cross-functional teams to translate research into production-ready AI systems.

The role emphasizes publishing findings, advancing user-facing interactive systems, and contributing to the broader research community worldwide.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience leading a research agenda.
• One or more scientific publication submissions to conferences, journals, or public repositories (CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Set up large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly.
• Manage deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new products, processes, or technologies.
• Design experiments and prototyping implementations to create new architectures.
• Collaborate with Researchers, Software Engineers, Research Software Engineers and Product Managers to translate research into robust AI systems.
• Actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing findings.

Education

PhD in Computer Science / Machine Learning or related field

2 years of experience leading a research agenda

3 years of experience with research agendas across multiple teams/projects

2 years of coding experience

Research experience in reinforcement learning, planning in agentic systems, foundation models, or user modeling

Track record of publishing papers at conferences

Job description

Google Research in Mountain View, CA seeks a Senior Research Scientist for Conversational and Agentic Systems. You will lead research efforts, deploy scalable ideas, and work with cross-functional teams to translate research into production-ready AI systems.

The role emphasizes publishing findings, advancing user-facing interactive systems, and contributing to the broader research community worldwide.