Senior Staff Research Scientist — LLMs & Post-Training AI

DeepMind Technologies Limited; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google DeepMind is seeking a senior research scientist to lead core modeling and post-training work focused on large-scale agents, LLMs, and deep learning. The role involves formulating hypotheses, running ablations, and delivering results within a collaborative team spanning multiple campuses in the United States.

It requires substantial experience in software development, testing, and architecture, with an emphasis on scalable research systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with large language models, reinforcement learning, and deep learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead core modeling and post-training research for Gemini model.
• Design and run ablation studies to validate hypotheses.
• Communicate research findings via visualizations and reports.
• Develop research infrastructure for data analysis and model evaluation.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to maintain feedback loops.

Skills

8 yrs software dev

Software testing

Software design

LLMs & RL & DL

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s or PhD in Engineering/CS

Job description

Google DeepMind is seeking a senior research scientist to lead core modeling and post-training work focused on large-scale agents, LLMs, and deep learning. The role involves formulating hypotheses, running ablations, and delivering results within a collaborative team spanning multiple campuses in the United States.

It requires substantial experience in software development, testing, and architecture, with an emphasis on scalable research systems.