AI’s cyberattack capability is increasing rapidly; recently, there have been a number of publicized zero-day exploits found with the help of AI in well-tested software. Our team works at the cutting edge of this challenge, focusing on evaluating the cyberattack capabilities of AI and importantly, developing defenses to enable our models to refuse helping with cyberattacks.
Requirements
- A track record of impactful publications on the topic of AI security published at top-tier security conferences or top tier AI conferences, or significant contributions to open-source or Google code with wide adoption.
- Proven experience leading research projects or technical teams in a relevant area.
- Demonstrated experience leading projects in one or more of the following areas: cybersecurity exploitation, defenses for cyberattacks, or AI-based exploitation.
- Experience in designing and shipping cybersecurity defenses for common vulnerabilities or leading work on vulnerability exploitation.
- Deep understanding and proven experience in advanced model prompting and red teaming techniques.
Responsibilities
- Set the technical vision and strategic direction for the team's research and development efforts in evaluating cyberattack capabilities and developing mitigations to prevent our AI models from being used for cyberattacks.
- Develop novel research that improves the state-of-the-art in mitigating misuse of models for cyberattack,
- Oversee and contribute to deployment in Gemini of the most suitable defenses that the team produces,
- Drive the end-to-end execution of complex research projects, from rapid-prototyping of novel datasets and methods to developing principled, scalable techniques for discerning malicious and benign use.
- Contribute hands-on to the most critical and challenging aspects of the work, staying deeply engaged with the technical details while guiding the team's overall progress.
- Act as the primary technical point of contact, representing the team's work and influencing stakeholders across Google DeepMind and Google's security and product organizations.
Other
- MSc or PhD/DPhil degree in Computer Security, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
- An independent, proactive, and mission-driven leadership style with a passion for building and enabling high-impact teams.
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $197,000 - $291,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.
