Staff AI Research Scientist, Applied AI, Google Cloud

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% bonus target

Equity options

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Google is seeking a Research Scientist to design and deploy advanced AI solutions for enterprise applications. This role involves developing innovative systems across various sectors, including finance and sales. Ideal candidates hold a PhD in Computer Science and have solid experience in machine learning and coding, with a strong emphasis on research and publication.

Compensation is competitive, with salaries ranging from $207,000 to $301,000 (USD), including bonuses and equity, in a collaborative and impactful environment.

Qualifications

• PhD degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Proven expertise with machine learning and AI solutions.
• 4 years of experience with complex research projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable AI solutions for various domains.
• Own AI quality for production systems and drive improvements.
• Lead projects and facilitate clarity on goals and timelines.

Skills

Machine learning algorithms

Python

JavaScript

R

Java

C++

Education

PhD degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Qualifications

• PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience with research agendas across multiple teams or projects.
• 2 years of experience with machine learning algorithms and tools, or Applied ML (e.g., LLM's, Generative AI, NLP, Recommendations).
• One or more scientific publication submissions for conferences, journals, or public repositories (e.g., CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.).

Minimum qualifications

• PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience with research agendas across multiple teams or projects.
• 2 years of experience with machine learning algorithms and tools, or Applied ML (e.g., LLM's, Generative AI, NLP, Recommendations).
• Experience coding in Python, JavaScript, R, Java, or C++.
• One or more scientific publication submissions for conferences, journals, or public repositories (e.g., CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.).

Preferred qualifications

• 2 years of experience in coding and leading multiple research efforts and influencing research direction.
• Experience developing and deploying AI solutions to solve large-scale problems.
• Experience with the entire product development process, from initial ideation and research to prototyping, testing, and final implementation.
• Ability to articulate technical concepts and influence technical directions.
• Excellent communication skills.

About The Job

As an organization, Google maintains a portfolio of research projects driven by fundamental research, new product innovation, product contribution and infrastructure goals, while providing individuals and teams the freedom to emphasize specific types of work. As a Research Scientist, you'll setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly, managing deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new and improved products, processes, or technologies. From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more.

As a Research Scientist, you'll also actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing your findings, with ideas inspired by internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world.

The Cloud Applied AI teams goal is to support enterprises to innovate conversational AI products such as contact centers, conversational interfaces on websites, devices and mobile apps. We apply art of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) to the conversational problems and work on building the next generation of customer service.The Cloud Applied AI (AAI) powers business growth with Gemini Enterprise. Our portfolio includes Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (Shopping Agent, CX Agent Studio, Agent Assist, Vertex AI Search - Commerce, Customer Experience Insights), along with other vertical and domain packaged solutions. We enable high adoption and speed to value by building solutions that are quickly deployed, delivering new 0-to-1 capabilities with startup agility. Team members operate at the forefront of AI, collaborating directly with model builders with unprecedented speed. Join us to work on cutting‑edge projects and shape the future of AI in a fast‑paced, collaborative, and impactful environment. Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Design, develop, and deploy scalable and agentic AI solutions for enterprise use cases across domains like finance, sales, marketing, and retail, focusing on innovation and utility, with a user‑centric perspective.
• Take ownership of AI quality for production systems by defining technical metrics aligned with business goals, implementing evaluation frameworks, designing experiments, analyzing loss patterns, and driving improvements through system changes or training data enhancements.
• Implement, optimize, and advance AI techniques, with both training‑free and training‑based approaches.
• Drive progress through experimentation cycles such as proposing hypotheses, designing validation methods, implementing and testing ideas, analyzing results, and iterating quickly to find optimal solutions.
• Provide technical leadership on projects and facilitate clarity on goals and timelines. Work with a small, experienced team of developers, researchers, engaging in design and code reviews to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.