Google

Principal Virologist, Responsible Development and Innovation, DeepMind

Google$307K — $428K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PhD in Virology or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15 years of experience with high-consequence biological pathogens in a national security context.
  • Ability to translate scientific data for non-technical decision-makers.
  • Experience in wet-lab virology in BSL-3 or BSL-2 environments.
  • Understanding of dual-use research challenges and biological weapons frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Synthesize and communicate complex risk data to senior stakeholders and policy leaders.
  • Integrate insights from the scientific community on biological pathogens into safety frameworks.
  • Shape biosecurity strategies to protect against misuse while supporting scientific innovation.
  • Collaborate with Research Scientists and ethics experts to align biosecurity protocols with AI model development.
  • Execute advanced biology evaluations to test AI models against biological threats.

Benefits

  • Access to diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways.
  • Involvement in high-impact work that prioritizes public benefit and ethical considerations.
  • Potential for a performance-related bonus and equity components.
Full Job Description
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Minimum qualifications:
  • PhD in Virology or equivalent practical experience in post-doctoral, clinical, or industry experience.
  • 15 years of experience working with high-consequence biological pathogens within a national security, defense, or biosecurity context.
  • Experience translating scientific or threat data into summaries for senior leadership and non-technical decision-makers.
  • Experience in wet-lab virology, working within BSL-3 or high-containment BSL-2 environments.
  • Experience analyzing the challenges of dual-use research of concern (DURC), biological weapons frameworks, and the global stakeholder landscape.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience designing novel science evaluations, red-teaming protocols, or threat-modeling frameworks for emerging technologies.
  • Experience utilizing or evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) or biological foundation models.
  • Comfort with technical infrastructure, command-line tools, or basic coding elements to interface effectively with AI research engineers.
  • Active engagement with ongoing national security or international biosecurity working groups.
  • Interest in AI safety frameworks, tech policy, and the ethics of frontier technologies.


About the job

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 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 diverse 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: $307000 - $428000 (USD) 30% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Synthesize, "roll up," and clearly communicate complex technical risk data to senior stakeholders, C-suite executives, and policy leaders with clarity and authority.
  • Integrate ongoing scientific community insights regarding biological pathogens to ensure our safety frameworks reflect real-world threat vectors.
  • Shape Google DeepMind's broader biosecurity mitigation strategies, ensuring safety guardrails protect against genuine misuse without bottlenecking legitimate scientific innovation.
  • Partner closely with Research Scientists, Engineers, and ethics experts to embed biosecurity protocols directly into the model development lifecycle.
  • Refine and directly execute advanced biology evaluations to pressure-test frontier AI models against biological threats.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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