Research Scientist, Agents (Reinforcement Learning and LLMs) at Google DeepMind, Bengaluru

Job Description

This AI research scientist job in Bangalore is with the Agents team at Google DeepMind India. You will research large language models and build more capable autonomous agents with reinforcement learning. The team also applies its work to Gemini.

At a glance

• Position: Research Scientist, Agents, DeepMind (Google job ID 82988974666064582)
• Where: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Degree: PhD in Computer Science, AI or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience: 8 years with ML frameworks such as JAX, TensorFlow or PyTorch, and ML publications
• Apply: open until filled (re-checked 29 October 2026)

What the DeepMind agents research scientist does

• Design, build and evaluate models, agents and software prototypes of large foundation models
• Push reinforcement learning and ML optimisation methods to build autonomous agents
• Lead work on new algorithmic architectures for more capable agents
• Present research results clearly, inside Google and outside
• Start and maintain collaborations with other research labs
• Work with Responsible AI teams so the work is developed ethically

Why this role matters

Few labs in India do frontier research on large models. This team studies how agent behaviour emerges from reinforcement learning at scale, and its results feed into Gemini, which hundreds of millions of people use.

What Google DeepMind is looking for

• PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8 years of experience with machine learning frameworks such as JAX, TensorFlow or PyTorch
• Experience with advanced deep learning and reinforcement learning
• A publication record at ML venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, KDD or AAAI

Nice to have

• Multimodal learning, large language models or assistive AI agents
• Prompt engineering, few-shot learning, post-training and evaluations
• Model training and deployment
• Strong Python

Pay and location

The posting does not state pay. It is a research scientist role in Bengaluru. Apply from the job page on Google Careers; you will need to sign in with a Google account to submit.

How to apply

Apply through the official Google DeepMind job posting. Google DeepMind’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 29 October 2026. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply.

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