Senior Research Scientist, Multilingual NLP

Google Research is seeking a Senior Research Scientist specializing in Multilingual Natural Language Processing (NLP) to join their team in Sydney. This role focuses on developing cutting-edge multilingual Large Language Models (LLMs) with emphasis on low-resource languages. The position combines advanced research with practical applications, requiring expertise in NLP, machine learning, and multilingual computing.

The role involves working on innovative projects that span from fundamental research to product development, with a particular focus on translation and semantic understanding tasks. You'll be responsible for developing and training large-scale language models, creating and managing datasets (including multimodal text and audio), and designing novel evaluation methodologies.

As part of Google Research, you'll collaborate with teams across Google while maintaining the flexibility to adapt to rapidly evolving business needs. The position offers the opportunity to contribute to the broader research community through publications and collaborations with academic institutions worldwide.

The ideal candidate should have a PhD in Computer Science or related field, extensive experience in NLP and machine learning, and a strong track record of research publications in top-tier conferences. You'll need excellent programming skills, particularly in Python, and experience with modern ML frameworks.

This role offers the chance to work at the forefront of AI research, with access to Google's vast computational resources including TPU cloud infrastructure. You'll be part of a team that shapes the future of multilingual AI technologies while having the freedom to pursue innovative research directions and publish your findings.

Google provides a collaborative environment that values diversity and inclusion, offering the opportunity to work with some of the best minds in the field while tackling challenging problems in multilingual NLP that can impact billions of users worldwide.