Research Scientist, Information-Quality for Gemini

DeepMind; Mountain View (CA); On-site; GBP 109,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Google DeepMind is seeking a Research Scientist, Response Quality/Hermes to drive research in Gemini for information tasks, focusing on the quality of information-seeking responses, factuality, grounding, and helpfulness.

The role centers on post-training methods, novel evaluation techniques, and orchestration of tool calls and retrieval improvements, with significant potential to shape how Google’s products use Gemini in information journeys.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant area, or an equivalent research/publication record.
• Number of years experience: anything from recent PhD onwards.
• Strong software-engineering skills in addition to a research background.

Responsibilities

• Research on post-training (e.g., RL and SFT) for information-seeking scenarios in Gemini.
• Research on novel evaluation methods for improving model quality, grounding and factuality.
• Research on orchestration of tool calls, and improved retrieval methods, for information-seeking scenarios.

Skills

Strong software-engineering skills

Education

PhD in a relevant area

Job description

Google DeepMind is seeking a Research Scientist, Response Quality/Hermes to drive research in Gemini for information tasks, focusing on the quality of information-seeking responses, factuality, grounding, and helpfulness.

The role centers on post-training methods, novel evaluation techniques, and orchestration of tool calls and retrieval improvements, with significant potential to shape how Google’s products use Gemini in information journeys.