Staff Research Engineer, Generative AI, Cloud AI Research, Co-Scientist - Google Careers

pShare Staff Research Engineer, Generative AI, Cloud AI Research, Co-Scientist /p pX In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process /p ul liBachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. /li li5 years of experience with software development, including testing and launching software products. /li li3 years of experience optimizing ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning). /li li2 years of experience with GenAI techniques (e.g., Large Language Models (LLMs), Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) or with GenAI-related concepts (language modeling, computer vision). /li /ul h3Preferred qualifications: /h3 ul liMaster's degree, PhD or Postdoc in Computer Science, Applied Math, Computational Sciences, or a related scientific discipline. /li li3 years of experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., JAX, TensorFlow, PyTorch) and algorithmic background. /li li1 year of experience in a technical leadership role. /li liExperience driving independent, research-adjacent software development and translating academic theories into scalable products. /li liRecord of technical or scientific contributions to complex, large-scale projects. /li /ul h3About the job /h3Google'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. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward. h3About the job /h3Google'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. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward. pWith your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. Co-Scientist is a multi-agent AI system built on Gemini designed to act as an autonomous virtual scientific colleague. It utilises a generate, debate, and evolve approach to accelerate scientific discovery enabling researchers to synthesize literature, evaluate hypotheses, and optimise experimental designs. As a Staff Research Software Engineer (R-SWE), you will act as a principal technical bridge, translating scientific AI research into robust, scalable, and intuitive software systems. You will lead the design and implementation of highly multi-agent reasoning models while collaborating with deep learning researchers, product managers, and external scientific partners. You will lead software engineering for the Co-Scientist team in Zurich. The Google Cloud AI Research team addresses AI challenges motivated by Google Cloud’s mission of bringing AI to tech, healthcare, finance, retail and many other industries. We work on a range of unique problems focused on research topics that maximise scientific and real-world impact, aiming to push the state-of-the-art in AI and share findings with the broader research community. We also collaborate with product teams to bring innovations to real-world impact that benefits our customers. /p h3Responsibilities /h3 ul liOwn projects end-to-end, from initial scientific research concepts through software design, testing, deployment, and performance analysis. /li liBuild and deploy agentic AI systems, implementing multi-agent prompting techniques and asynchronous task execution frameworks. /li liDrive technical decisions and full-stack software development using Python, C++, and Google's core back-end components. /li liDesign and establish robust evaluation pipelines, automated test suites, and diagnostic datasets to measure agent performance under extreme scale. /li liCollaborate on research with Google DeepMind, Google Research, and university labs to solve complex scientific problems, while mentoring junior engineers and advocating engineering quality. /li /ul pGoogle is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. 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