Senior Research Engineer, GenMedia Safety, DeepMind

Google LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

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Job summary

DeepMind in the United States is seeking a Senior Research Engineer for the GenMedia Safety team to design and implement safe image and video generation research. You will lead research directions and deploy innovations impacting billions of users, collaborating with engineers, policy experts, and product teams.

We pursue interdisciplinary collaboration across AI, safety, and ethics, delivering high-quality outcomes for generations of models and platforms while maintaining rigorous safety

Qualifications

• PhD in CS or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years leading a research agenda.
• 2 years experience with ML algorithms, research methods, and language modeling.
• 1 year leading research efforts and influencing researchers.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions for GenMedia models balancing user experience, safety, and scalability; collaborate with policy experts to translate safety guidelines into code.
• Design and maintain protocols to identify and bridge gaps in model safety.
• Execute experiments to inform safety strategies and scalable mitigations for time-sensitive escalations.

Skills

Research leadership

Machine learning

Language modeling

Research influence

Education

PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Senior Research Engineer, GenMedia Safety, DeepMind

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Minimum qualifications:

• PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience leading a research agenda.
• 2 years of experience with machine learning algorithms, research methodologies, and language modeling.

Preferred qualifications:

• 1 year of experience leading research efforts and influencing other researchers.

About the job

The GenMedia Safety team develops the data and algorithmic solutions that define the safety and behavior of GDM’s latest image and video generation models. In this role, you will build and deploy innovations that impact millions of users. This is a collaborative role focused on delivering effective outcomes across our internal and external platforms.

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At DeepMind, we are a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical issues, ensuring safety and ethics are the priority.

You will be comfortable both with designing approaches to new research questions and executing the technical implementation of research ideas. You will have the opportunity to work directly on Nano Banana (GDM's core image generation capability), OMNI (GDM's core video generation capability), and successor GenMedia models. We drive the development of the foundational technology adopted by numerous product areas including Gemini App, Cloud API, Search, and YouTube.

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: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Develop solutions for GenMedia models that balance user experience, safety, and scalability. Utilize data and algorithmic reasoning to ensure image-generation models remain safe, and helpful. Collaborate with policy experts to convert ambiguous safety guidelines into actionable technical implementations. Design and maintain protocols to identify and bridge gaps in model safety.
• Execute experiments to inform safety strategies while innovating rapid, scalable mitigations for high-priority, time-sensitive escalations.

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