Senior Research Scientist, Kaggle
Description For Senior Research Scientist, Kaggle
Google is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to join the Kaggle team, focusing on advancing AI research and development. This role combines cutting-edge research with practical applications in machine learning, particularly in LLMs and generative AI. As part of Google Cloud AI Research team, you'll work on unique problems that maximize both scientific and real-world impact, while contributing to Kaggle's leading platform for ML competitions, datasets, and models.
The position offers the opportunity to work with top researchers from Google DeepMind and external institutions, allowing you to shape the future of AI benchmarking and evaluation. You'll be responsible for expanding Kaggle's competitions platform, developing new research methods, and establishing Kaggle Research as a leader in building earned trust through community validation of AI.
The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Computer Science or related field, strong programming skills in languages like Python or Java, and a proven track record of scientific publications. You'll need expertise in benchmarking, evaluation, and empirical methods, particularly in LLMs and GenAI models. This role combines research excellence with practical implementation, offering the chance to impact the global AI community through Kaggle's platform.
Working at Google provides the freedom to emphasize specific types of work while maintaining a balance between fundamental research and product innovation. You'll have the opportunity to publish research papers, present at conferences, and collaborate with research programs at partner universities worldwide. The role offers a unique blend of academic research and practical application in one of the world's leading technology companies.
Responsibilities For Senior Research Scientist, Kaggle
- Work with the Kaggle Competitions team to expand Kaggle's competitions platform to host and run LLM Benchmarks and community evaluations
- Collaborate with Google DeepMind Researchers and external researchers to create and host valuable AI evaluations and benchmarks on Kaggle
- Contribute to the development and deployment of new research methods and algorithms for AI and ML
- Mentor and guide junior engineers on the team
- Publish research papers and present findings at conferences and workshops
- Collaborate with engineering, design, and product leadership to improve Kaggle's product for Research priorities
- Create the next generation of benchmarking and evaluation methods and structures for AI/ML, with focus on LLMs and generative AI
Requirements For Senior Research Scientist, Kaggle
- PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- One or more scientific publication submission(s) for conferences, journals, or public repositories
- Coding experience in Python, JavaScript, R, Java, or C++
- 2 years of coding experience preferred
- 1 year of experience owning and initiating research agendas
- Demonstrated expertise in benchmarking, evaluation, and empirical methods
- Experience with LLMs and GenAI models and methods
