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Senior Research Engineer, Multimodal Reasoning and Media Forensics, DeepMind

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Compensation
$174–252K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Research Engineer will work on DeepMind’s research into online information quality, developing methods to detect manipulated media and misleading narratives. The role applies machine learning and computational techniques to media authenticity and information literacy, with research that can inform Google products such as Gemini. The engineer will collaborate with product teams and communicate research findings, software developments, experiments, and data analysis.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Python, requiredDeep Learning Frameworks, requiredJAX, requiredTensorFlow, requiredPyTorch, requiredResearch Prototyping, requiredSystem Building, requiredLarge-Scale Model Training, requiredLarge-Scale Model Deployment, requiredComputer Vision, requiredMultimodal Machine Learning, requiredLLM Reasoning, nice to haveMultimodal Systems, nice to haveReinforcement Learning, nice to haveAgent Development, nice to haveRobotics, nice to haveScientific AI, nice to have

Qualifications

PhD in CS, AI, ML or Related, requiredEquivalent Practical Experience, required2 Years Software Development or ML Research, required2 Years Large-Scale Model Training and Deployment, required2 Years Computer Vision or Multimodal ML, requiredPeer-Reviewed Publication or Public Preprint, requiredEnglish Proficiency, required

Full job description

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Minimum qualifications:

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

  • 2 years of software development or ML research experience, or education equivalent credit (e.g., internships, student research, pre-graduate working experience) using Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., Jax and TensorFlow, PyTorch), and experience building research prototypes and systems.

  • 2 years of experience in training and deployment of large-scale models.

  • 2 years of experience developing computer vision techniques or multimodal machine learning models.

  • One or more peer-reviewed scientific publication submissions (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ACL, CoRL) or public preprint repositories (arXiv).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Demonstrated research in LLM reasoning, multimodal systems, RL/agents, robotics, or scientific AI.

About the job

At DeepMind, our research team is dedicated to addressing the most complex issues in online information quality. We strive to advance the developing innovative solutions to detect manipulated media and misleading narratives, ensuring the integrity of digital discourse. A prime example of the AI systems you will work on in the media integrity domain is Backstory. Our interdisciplinary work spans provenance analysis and the creation of models and tools for AI-assisted information literacy, leveraging our technologies for the widespread public benefit of a safer online environment. We grow in a supportive environment that encourages rapid prototyping and iteration, driving our research achievements directly into Google’s flagship models, including Gemini.

In this role, you will need to be passionate about advancing information literacy using machine learning and other computational techniques.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 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: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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

Responsibilities

  • Plan and perform rapid prototyping of computer vision and multimodal machine learning techniques applied to determining authenticity of media information.

  • Design and train multimodal models capable of complex visual reasoning.

  • Undertake exploratory analysis to inform experimentation and research directions.

  • Engage with product teams to drive the development of our research.

  • Report and present research findings, software developments, experimental results, and data analysis clearly and efficiently.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,143 open Research Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$174–252K/yr
  • California median$184–300K/yr373 salary ranges
  • US median$139–250K/yr891 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $213K, is 15% below the California median midpoint ($250K) — in the middle half of Research Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 502 open Research Engineer jobs in California and 1,143 across the US. 5% 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 Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (703 postings).
Education
332 of the 1,143 open Research Engineer jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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