Research Scientist, SAMBA, DeepMind

DeepMind; New York (NY); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google DeepMind in New York, NY, USA is seeking a Share Research Scientist on the SAMBA team to study model behavior and socio-technical impacts. You will design evaluations, conduct experiments, and publish results with researchers from diverse backgrounds.

You will collaborate with Research Scientists and Engineers to build frontier evaluations, apply them in practice, and contribute to safety and ethics in AI at scale.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with statistical concepts, data analysis, and visualization.
• 5 years of experience with programming languages (R, Python) and libraries.
• 2 years of experience with AI evaluation.
• 2 years of experience working with industry codebases.

Responsibilities

• Identify new research areas and questions.
• Design and conduct research and experiments.
• Develop and test new metrics and measures.
• Perform data analysis to synthesize and visualize research findings and evaluation results.
• Lead writing results for research publications.

Skills

Statistics concepts

Data analysis & visualization

Programming (R/Python)

AI evaluation

Industry codebases

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Economics or related field

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

Job description

Share Research Scientist, SAMBA, DeepMind

corporate_fare DeepMind place New York, NY, USA

• PhD in Computer Science, Economics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with statistical concepts, data analysis, and visualization.
• 5 years of experience with programming languages (e.g., R, Python), relevant libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn), or other scripting languages.
• 2 years of experience with AI evaluation.
• 2 years of experience working with industry codebases.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience creating AI evaluations or benchmarks.
• Advanced understanding of statistical concepts, and ability to perform data analysis and visualization.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills: an ability to effectively communicate and work with researchers from a wide variety of backgrounds in research publications, policy briefs, or presentations targeted at both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Peer reviewed publication on AI auditing/evaluation, especially if it relates to societal impact

About the job

As a Research Scientist on the Sociotechnical Analysis of Model Behavior (SAMBA) team in the Responsible Research Group (R2), you will conduct research on model behaviors that impact people and society. You will design tools and methods for measuring the impact of AI on society, broadly defined, design experiments, and develop measures to characterize model properties relevant to responsibility and safety. As one part of your work, you will collaborate closely with other Research Scientists and Research Engineers to build frontier evaluations, apply them in practice, and publish results.

You will be joining a specialized Responsibility team within Google. While our reporting structure sits within Google's broader Trust and Safety organization, our work remains deeply integrated with Google DeepMind.

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.

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 Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Identify new research areas and questions.
• Design and conduct research and experiments.
• Develop and test new metrics and measures.
• Perform data analysis to synthesize and visualize research findings and evaluation results.
• Lead writing results for research publications.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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