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Senior Research Scientist, Cloud AI Research

Google

Location

Mountain View, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/8/2026

Compensation

$174,000 - $252,000 per year

PhD Entry-Level
H-1B FY202698.4% approval-14% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The Senior Research Scientist in Cloud AI Research at Google focuses on advancing autonomous AI systems through foundational agentic research. This role involves developing state-of-the-art agent architectures and collaborating with product teams to translate prototypes into scalable solutions. The team aims to address AI challenges across various industries, including tech, healthcare, and finance. Researchers are expected to contribute to the scientific community by publishing their findings and establishing benchmarks.

Requirements

  • PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience developing autonomous agents, multi-agent workflows, or agentic frameworks.
  • Experience designing, pre-training, fine-tuning, or evaluating Large Language Models and multimodal foundation models.
  • Experience coding in Python, JavaScript, R, Java, or C++.
  • Two or more first-author scientific publication submissions on agents in machine learning and natural language processing.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct foundational agentic research and develop state-of-the-art agent architectures.
  • Solve complex business challenges and design high-impact vertical agents targeting operational efficiencies.
  • Build generalizable horizontal agents to automate end-to-end business value generation.
  • Partner with product and engineering teams to translate prototypes into scalable enterprise solutions.
  • Advance the scientific community by publishing breakthroughs at ML conferences and collaborating across Google.

Benefits

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

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Google Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

908

FY2026

Approval rate

98.4%

FY2026

LCA certified

4,273

FY2026

Entry-level share

0.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-14%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-51%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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