The Research Scientist/Engineer position at DeepMind focuses on developing AI agents that operate autonomously in complex security environments. The role combines machine learning research with cybersecurity expertise to create training pipelines and evaluation benchmarks. Researchers will engage in real-world problems, contributing to both product innovation and the wider research community. This position offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies while ensuring safety and ethics are prioritized.

• PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related quantitative field.
• 2 years of experience in software engineering or data science.
• 2 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining production-grade software applications using Python.
• 2 years of professional or academic research experience applying machine learning models to cybersecurity domains.
• 2 years of research experience utilizing at least one ML framework such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.

• Learn from environment feedback and model rewards for multi-step agent trajectories.
• Build and orchestrate AI agents to execute security workflows and capture structured observations.
• Design benchmarks for complex, multi-step offensive, defensive, and infrastructure tasks.
• Design and evaluate autonomous agent architectures for security tasks.
• Provide thought leadership on research at the intersection of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

• Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.