Research Software Engineer, Google Research

Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience with software programming in Python or C++.
• 1 year of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience implementing core Machine Learning (ML) concepts.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience in a university or industry labs, with emphasis on AI research.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Understanding of transformer architecture internals.
• One or more AI/ML research publication in peer reviewed research conference.
  
  

About The Job

Google'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.

In this role, you will be advancing fundamental capabilities of AI to drive significant benefits to humanity. You will pioneer AI research in Singapore, focused on delivering the most performant, efficient and capable generative AI models.

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.

Responsibilities

• Abstract out key problems, design elegant and deep solutions for these problems through theoretical or empirical insights.
• Prototype, profile and benchmark solutions to showcase effectiveness.
• Lead and collaborate with research teams located across the globe.
• Drive and grow collaborations with product teams to land product innovations.
• Collaborate with hardware architects/infrastructure teams to inform design and algorithm decisions.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .