Research Scientist, AI for Education, MTV/SF

Snapshot

The role of the Research Scientist will be to push the frontiers for Generative AI models in service of education, including foundational work on complex instruction following, multimodal understanding, and multi-turn reinforcement learning. At Google DeepMind, we've built a unique culture and work environment where long-term ambitious research can flourish alongside product development that reaches teachers and learners around the world. Our interdisciplinary team has deep expertise in AI algorithms, evaluation with human participants, product development, and pedagogy. See our work on LearnLM and recent release of Guided Learning.

About Us

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re 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 widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.

The Role

Research Scientists at Google DeepMind lead our efforts in developing novel tools, infrastructure, and algorithms towards the end goal of solving and building Artificial General Intelligence.

Having pioneered research in the world's leading academic and industrial labs, PhDs, post-docs, or professorships, Research Scientists join Google DeepMind to work collaboratively within and across Research fields. They are expected to drive independent research initiatives, work with teams on large scale AI, and develop solutions to fundamental questions in machine learning and AI.

Drawing on expertise from a variety of disciplines including deep learning, computer vision, language modeling, and advanced generative architectures, our Research Scientists are at the forefront of groundbreaking research.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, rapidly implement, and rigorously evaluate cutting-edge deep learning algorithms and data curation for generative AI, with a particular emphasis on use in education settings.
• Report and present research findings and developments clearly and efficiently both internally and externally, verbally and in writing.
• Suggest and engage in team collaborations to meet ambitious research goals, while also driving significant individual contributions.
• Work in collaboration with our Ethics and Governance teams to ensure our advances in intelligence are developed ethically and provide broad benefits to humanity.

About You

In order to set you up for success as a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind,  we look for the following skills and experience:

• PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Language Understanding, Computer Vision, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience in deep learning research and development, particularly in evaluating, training, or otherwise studying LLMs.
• Exceptional engineering skills in Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., Jax, TensorFlow, PyTorch), with a track record of building high-quality research prototypes and systems.
• Strong publication record at top-tier machine learning conferences or journals.

In addition, the following would be an advantage: 

• Demonstrated experience with Machine Learning in education research.
• Passion for working in the education space.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $141,000 - $202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.

At Google DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.