Senior Research Scientist, Gemini Release Evaluations, DeepMind

Mountain View, CA, US New York, NY, US Until 10/7/2026 2+ years exp First posted August 8, 2026 Last posted August 8, 2026
Job description

About the Job

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At 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 use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

  • Author research papers to share and generate impact of research results across function and in the research community.
  • Drive project work by defining the data structure, framework, design, and evaluation metrics for research solution development and implementation. Identify timelines and obtain resources needed.
  • Identify gaps in our existing release evals and create new SOTA datasets that push frontier models to their limits.
  • Help build a deeper understanding of the relationship between static evaluations and live production traffic.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience leading a research agenda.
  • 1 year of experience in a data science field.
  • Experience with AI model training, testing, evaluation, and tuning processes, as well as LLM release cycles and timeline management.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 2 years of coding experience.
  • 1 year of experience leading research efforts and influencing other researchers.
About this role

Summary

Lead AI research, develop datasets, evaluate models, influence research strategies.

Job title

Senior Research Scientist, Gemini Release Evaluations

Experience level

2+ years

Minimum experience

2+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Remote work not specified, based in US preferred

Salary

$174k–$252k

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

PhD in Computer Science or relatedexperience with AI model training and evaluationdata science experience

Preferred skills

codingresearch leadership

Specializations

AImodel evaluationdatasetsLLMresearch leadership
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Mountain View, CA, USA

On-site City

New York, NY, USA

On-site City