Research Scientist, Frontier AI, DeepMind — Google Switzerland
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Minimum qualifications
PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
15 years of experience leading a research agenda.
- Minimum qualifications:
- PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Define and lead ambitious research projects, setting the technical direction and ensuring the successful execution of the research agenda.
- Design and implement innovative model architectures that effectively learn from diverse data modalities, complex environments, and structured datasets.
- 15 years of experience leading a research agenda.
- We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring that safety and ethics are the highest priority.
Main responsibilities
- Define and lead ambitious research projects, setting the technical direction and ensuring the successful execution of the research agenda.
- Design and implement innovative model architectures that effectively learn from diverse data modalities, complex environments, and structured datasets.
- Develop and establish benchmarks for evaluating frontier AI systems across diverse capabilities, reasoning tasks, and domains.
- Contribute to the overall research strategy of the team, identifying new research directions and influencing the broader research community through publications and presentations
Key requirements
- PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 15 years of experience leading a research agenda.
- Experience in deep learning and experience with Python and neural network training.
- Experience training, evaluating, and interpreting large multimodal models and large language models.
- A publication record in machine learning conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, ECCV).
What the company offers
- We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring that safety and ethics are the highest priority.
- We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.
Company and context
- Experience in research leadership across organizations.
- Experience leading a diverse set of research scientists, research engineers, and software engineers. About the job
- At DeepMind (GDM), we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts, and more, working together to advance artificial intelligence.
- As a Research Scientist, you will utilize experience in foundational research, to expand the frontiers of artificial intelligence including driving the development of next-generation foundational AI architectures and frontier models.
- This will involve close collaboration with research scientists and software engineers across the globe, working to create AI models capable of integrating and reasoning across diverse modalities.
- You will work collaboratively to manage fundamental challenges in machine learning and AI, pushing the boundaries of what's possible.
- The team operates within the GDM Frontier AI unit, which is the engine of innovation for DeepMind, pioneering breakthrough research and collaborating across Alphabet to deliver real-world impact.
- Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions.
- At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users.
- We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains.
Additional details
- Experience leading a diverse set of research scientists, research engineers, and software engineers.
Notes and original content
- About the job
- Responsibilities
Questions about this listing
What salary does Google Switzerland offer for this role?
Google Switzerland lists CHF 79'000 - 134'500 gross per year for this position in Zürich. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Google Switzerland offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Google Switzerland during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Zürich can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
How do I apply for this position at Google Switzerland?
Use the "Apply now" button on this page — it links directly to Google Switzerland's original listing at google.com, so your application goes straight to the employer's own applicant-tracking system. Frontaliere Ticino does not collect or forward applications itself.
