Staff Software Engineer, Gemini Evals, GenAI, DeepMind

Google

Mountain View, CA

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
3D Games Programming, Algorithms, Architectural Services, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Computer Science, Data Science, Distributed Computing, Electrical Engineering, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), High Throughput, Leadership, Machine Learning, Mentoring, Neuroscience, Physics, Prototyping, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Reporting Dashboards, Requirements Management, Scientific Research, Software Development, Software Engineering, System Test, Test Plan/Schedule, Testing
LOCATION
Mountain View, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in designing, building, and maintaining high-performance distributed systems or processing pipelines.
  • Experience leading architectural migrations or cross-team infrastructure projects.
  • Proficiency in Python.

About the job

At Google DeepMind our mission is to build the world's first general-purpose learning agent. Central to this mission is the complex task of measuring the intelligence of our prototypes. As a Software Engineer, you will be working with the cutting edge AI agents developed by our exceptional team of Machine Learning and Neuroscience research scientists. Your responsibilities will include everything from creating systems for agent testing using 2D and 3D games to developing test problems within physics simulators. You will create graphical visualization of results, build competitive agent leaderboards and test new algorithms on robots. To succeed in this role you will need to have a strong foundation in software engineering and enjoy working on a wide range of challenging problems within a mission-driven team.

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google 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 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: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Design and optimize distributed evaluation execution engines capable of orchestrating large volumes of inference steps across TPU and Google compute unit (GCU) pools with high throughput and low latency.
  • Build foundational abstractions to evaluate complex LLM agent loops, tool use, and automated LLM-as-a-judge rating systems.
  • Design error classification, automated retry policies, and observability dashboards to maintain strict service level objective (SLOs) for evaluation pipeline success rates.
  • Partner closely with GDM research scientists and Data Science teams to anticipate frontier model evaluation requirements and translate them into elegant infrastructure solutions.
  • Mentor fellow engineers, set high standards for code quality (Python in Google3), and advocate testing and system design practices.
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.

About the Company

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Google

Build for everyone

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

Learn more about Google’s benefits on this site featuring Googlers’ experience.

How we Hire

Google’s hiring process is an important part of our culture. Googlers care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. In order to  build for everyone, we know that we need a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there.

Learn more about our hiring process.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer Software
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria
FOUNDED
1998
WEBSITE
https://goo.gle/4dbno6V