Research Scientist, Pittsburgh

At Google DeepMind, we appreciate the variety of experiences, knowledge, backgrounds, and viewpoints and utilize these attributes for remarkable achievements. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, religion, belief, ethnicity or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or associated condition (including breastfeeding) or any other grounds as safeguarded by applicable law. If you have a disability or any other condition that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to inform us. Snapshot We are recruiting a Research Scientist to join our team who will investigate the development of next-generation information systems and language modeling technologies that will be used for creating safe and accurate systems for reasoning and retrieving information. About us Artificial Intelligence could possibly be one of humanity’s most beneficial inventions. At Google DeepMind, we consist of a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts amongst others, collaborating to enhance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We apply our technologies for wide-ranging public advantage and scientific discovery, partnering with others on vital challenges, while ensuring safety and ethics are top-priority. The role Within the team, Research Scientists are motivated to lead/support a problem-based research agenda aimed at generating both fundamental and practically applicable technological progress in the capability of organizing and making information universally beneficial with AI. The expectation is to carry out original research in a manner that maintains a balance between long-term research strategies and short-term user value on significant information needs. Key responsibilities: - Lead the idea generation and development of new capacities of LLM-based systems for search, reasoning, and question answering. - Collaborate with research engineers to establish prototypes for new products and/or work with product groups in Google to identify and implement methods where AI can be utilized to enhance existing Google products. - Participate in academic conferences and reports. About you: To ensure your success as a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience: - A PhD in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience. - Experience working with machine learning models, especially LLMs, for instance, in evaluating their performance, and enhancing performance using techniques like fine-tuning, in-context learning, and prompt optimization. In addition, the following experience would be beneficial: - Experience with human evaluation design, managing human data collections, and rigorous statistical analysis of performance. - Experience in systems that incorporate AI or ML with human interfaces, databases or knowledge bases, or symbolic AI systems. - Experience working with complex AI applications or working with engineering teams. The US base salary range for this full-time position varies between $185,000 - $293,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter can provide more information about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process. Applications will cease on Tuesday 14th November at 10:00am UK time.