Software Engineer III, Generative AI Safety — Google Switzerland
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
- Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of systems that detect and prevent abuse across DeepMind products.
- Design, build, and maintain components of our account-centric abuse detection systems on the GenAI Safety Platform.
- 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C++, Java, Go).
Main responsibilities
- Contribute to the development and implementation of systems that detect and prevent abuse across DeepMind products.
- Design, build, and maintain components of our account-centric abuse detection systems on the GenAI Safety Platform.
- Analyze data to understand abuse patterns and improve the effectiveness of our detection methods and writing and testing production-quality code, and participating in code reviews.
- Work with partner teams (e.g., Trust and Safety, Product Managers) to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
Key requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C++, Java, Go).
- Experience with data structures and algorithms.
Application process
- Experience with AI development, agentic workflows, and applying machine learning concepts to real-world applications.
- Hands-on experience building anti-abuse systems, fraud detection mechanisms, or security solutions, with a solid understanding of account security and identity concepts.
- Proven track record of designing, building, and deploying large-scale systems and high-throughput data processing pipelines using tools such as SQL or Flume.
- Excellent problem-solving and investigative skills. About the job
- Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another.
- Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search.
- We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day.
- As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve.
Additional details
- Excellent problem-solving and investigative skills.
Notes and original content
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Questions about this listing
What salary does Google Switzerland offer for this role?
Google Switzerland lists CHF 83'000 - 126'000 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?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
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