Google DeepMind is the London-founded AI research lab behind AlphaGo and AlphaFold, working towards artificial general intelligence. They're hiring a Technical Writer for the DeepMind Institute to communicate complex research clearly to technical and general audiences, based in London. This role sits within the UK's frontier AI research sector.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in technical writing, science communication, or journalism.
- Experience working with subject matter experts, engineers, or researchers to produce technical content.
- Experience with copy-editing and proofreading.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience working in an academic, think tank, or fast-paced technology research environment. Excellent communication skills with a track record of building trust with technical stakeholders.
- Experience using digital publishing workflows and Content Management Systems (CMS). Demonstrated ability to adapt writing tone and style for different audiences and platforms.
- Familiarity with artificial intelligence, machine learning, or AGI and its socio-technical implications.
- Understanding of academic citation standards and rigorous fact-checking methodologies.
- Proven ability to translate complex scientific or technical concepts into accessible, engaging narratives.
About the job
We are seeking a Technical Writer to draft and shape content for the DeepMind Institute. In this role, you will partner directly with subject matter experts to translate complex Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) research into engaging publications, reports, and digital content. You will adhere to a house style and publication principles, ensuring all outputs meet rigorous intellectual and grammatical standards. By combining technical comprehension with exceptional writing skills, you will help communicate DMI’s insights to the world and establish our voice in the AGI landscape.
Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.
We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.
Responsibilities
- Write and edit clear, compelling content based on complex AGI socio-technical research for audiences.
- Collaborate directly with scientists, engineers, and researchers to extract key insights and translate them into accessible formats.
- Adhere to the DeepMind Institute's house style, ensuring all outputs meet rigorous intellectual, grammatical, and formatting standards.
- Support the Lead Content Editor in proofreading, fact-checking, and preparing manuscripts for the publication roadmap.
- Prepare content for upload into Content Management Systems (CMS) and coordinate with operations for final publication.

About DeepMind
Google DeepMind is an AI research laboratory focused on building artificial general intelligence. Founded in London in 2010 by Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg, and Mustafa Suleyman, the company was acquired by Google in 2014 for approximately $660M. DeepMind pioneered breakthroughs including AlphaGo, the first program to defeat a world champion at Go, and AlphaFold, which solved the 50-year-old protein folding problem and has been used by over two million researchers worldwide. The lab remains headquartered in London with a large UK engineering presence and continues to push the boundaries of reinforcement learning, large language models, and scientific AI.
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