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Senior Research Scientist, Beam

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Mountain View, CAJob$174–252K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$174–252K/yr
Location
Mountain View, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Google Research develops intelligent systems and research projects spanning fundamental research, product innovation, and infrastructure. The Senior Research Scientist will apply computer science research to product contexts, prototype capabilities, collaborate across teams, and contribute to the research community through publications. The role focuses on foundation models and multimodal technologies, with preferred experience in multimodal AI, LLM post-training, generative and agentic AI, and vision-language models.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

PythonDeep Learning FrameworksResearch and DevelopmentExperimental DesignImplementationAnalysisScientific PublishingMultimodal AI ModelsLLM Fine-TuningLLM Post-TrainingGenerative AIAgentic AIMultimodal LearningVision-Language ModelsAI AlignmentAI SafetyAI ResponsibilityCollaboration

Qualifications

PhD in Computer Science or Related Field or Equivalent2 Years Python and Deep Learning Frameworks ExperienceScientific Publication Submission

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Minimum qualifications:

  • PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 2 years of experience in Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., JAX, Flax, or Gemma).

  • Experience conducting research and development, including experimental design, implementation, and analysis.

  • One of more scientific publication submission(s) for conferences, journals, or public repositories (such as CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in developing multimodal AI models and systems.

  • Experience fine-tuning and post-training LLMs.

  • Experience with developing generative AI architectures, techniques, and agentic AI solutions.

  • Experience with multimodal learning, integrating information from different data types (e.g., vision, audio, text).

  • Proven expertise in working with, tuning, and prototyping vision-language models (VLMs) using modern strategies.

  • Strong interest in and awareness of the AI alignment, safety, responsibility, and landscape, with an excitement to collaborate across disciplines.

About the job

As an organization, Google maintains a portfolio of research projects driven by fundamental research, new product innovation, product contribution and infrastructure goals, while providing individuals and teams the freedom to emphasize specific types of work. As a Research Scientist, you'll setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly, managing deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new and improved products, processes, or technologies. From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more.

As a Research Scientist, you'll also actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing your findings, with ideas inspired by internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world.

Google Research is building the next generation of intelligent systems for all Google products. To achieve this, we’re working on projects that utilize the latest computer science techniques developed by skilled software developers and research scientists. Google Research teams collaborate closely with other teams across Google, maintaining the flexibility and versatility required to adapt new projects and foci that meet the demands of the world's fast-paced business needs.

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

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Develop deep understanding of foundation model, language and multi-modal technologies and approach to applying them in the product’s context.

  • Prototype new (“zero-to-one”) features and capabilities, and partner with teammates to land them in production.

  • Improve product quality and cost optimization via novel approaches and generation of novel data sets.

  • Collaborate within the team and outside the team.

  • Influence product roadmap via quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google'sApplicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (./privacy-policy) .

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

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How this job compares

Set against the 2,174 open Research Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$174–252K/yr
  • California median$183–275K/yr503 salary ranges
  • US median$146–219K/yr1,439 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $213K, is 6% below the California median midpoint ($226K) — in the middle half of Research Scientist salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 741 open Research Scientist jobs in California and 2,174 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Research Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,120 postings).
Education
1,096 of the 2,174 open Research Scientist jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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