Senior Research Engineer, GenMedia Safety, DeepMind

Google•Mountain View, CA
•$174,000 - $252,000

About The Position

The GenMedia Safety team develops data and algorithmic solutions that define the safety and behavior of image and video generation models. This collaborative role builds and deploys innovations for internal and external platforms, with the potential to impact millions of users. The engineer designs approaches to research questions and implements research ideas, working directly on Nano Banana, OMNI, and successor GenMedia models. The team develops foundational technology used across product areas including Gemini App, Cloud API, Search, and YouTube.

Requirements

  • 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.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

  • Develop solutions for GenMedia models that balance user experience, safety, and scalability.
  • Use data and algorithmic reasoning to help ensure image-generation models remain safe and helpful.
  • Collaborate with policy experts to translate 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 and develop rapid, scalable mitigations for high-priority, time-sensitive escalations.

Benefits

  • 15% bonus target
  • Equity
  • Benefits (details referenced via Google Careers benefits page)

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Senior

Education Level

Ph.D. or professional degree

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