Google

Research Engineer, Pretraining, DeepMind

Google$174K — $253K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Applied Stats, Machine Learning, or related field.
  • 5 years of experience with inference-optimized model design.
  • Experience collaborating with product teams.
  • Preferred: Experience conducting applied research to enhance large transformer-based models.
  • Preferred: Experience fine-tuning large models with methods like RLHF.

Responsibilities

  • Design inference-optimized models specifically for Gemini pretraining.
  • Apply knowledge of Accelerated Linear Algebra (XLA) and JAX for TPU performance.
  • Manage the workflow through the LLM stack including pretraining, fine-tuning, and serving models.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare plans
  • Retirement savings options
  • Generous paid time off policies
  • Access to employee resources for well-being
  • Opportunities for professional development, including attending conferences and further education.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Applied Stats, Machine Learning, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with inference-optimized model design.
  • Experience working with product teams.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience conducting applied research to improve the quality and training/serving efficiency of large transformer-based models.
  • Experience with fine-tuning large models (e.g., supervised, RLHF).


About the job
At Google, research-focused Software Engineers are embedded throughout the company, allowing them to setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly. Ideas may come from internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world.
From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, engineers work on real-world problems including artificial intelligence, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more. But you stay connected to your research roots as an active contributor to the wider research community by partnering with universities and publishing papers.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $253000 (USD) 15% bonus target bonus equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Focus on inference-optimized model design for Gemini pretraining.
  • Understand common Accelerated Linear Algebra (XLA) primitives and how JAX code runs on TPUs in practice.
  • Work across the Large Language Model (LLM) preparation stack (e.g., pretraining, fine tuning, serving) to deliver strong models.


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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