Artificial intelligence
10 Google DeepMind software engineers
These ten current Google DeepMind software engineers hold software engineer, senior software engineer and staff software engineer roles at the company. A reader can learn what software engineering at Google DeepMind involves from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alex Wallen
LinkedInExperience: Software Engineer, AI ML Gemini · Google DeepMind
Software Engineer, AI ML Gemini at Google DeepMind since January 2026, based in Seattle, in the engineering department. Previous roles include Software Engineer at Google (2024–2026) and Founder of Surge Software (2023–2024). The profile also lists an earlier Software Engineer role at Google (2022–2023).
Hannes Widmoser
LinkedInExperience: Senior Software Engineer · Google DeepMind
Senior Software Engineer at Google DeepMind since November 2024, based in Switzerland. Previous roles include Software Engineer at Google (2017–2024), Cofounder of Tiny Desk Development (2015–2017) and Software Engineer at Mobile Jazz (2012–2015). The profile also lists Software Engineer at Siine Ltd (2010–2011).
Harry Zhang
LinkedInExperience: Senior Software Engineer · Google DeepMind
Senior Software Engineer at Google DeepMind since April 2025, at senior level in the engineering department and based in Mountain View. The profile also lists Software Engineer at Google since 2019. The profile also lists Demonstrator at University of Melbourne (2018) and Big Data Architecture Summer Vacationer at Telstra (2017–2018).
Hugo Lopes
LinkedInExperience: Staff Software Engineer · Google DeepMind
Staff Software Engineer at Google DeepMind since April 2026, after serving as Senior Software Engineer there (2024–2026), with the profile describing work on Gemini Personal Intelligence, persistent memory for AI and personalization across Google products. Previous roles include Senior Software Engineer at Google (2019–2024).
Ilya Philippov
LinkedInExperience: Senior Software Engineer · Google DeepMind
Senior Software Engineer at Google DeepMind since August 2025, based in Zürich. Previous roles include Software Engineer at Google (2019–2025) and Software Engineer at Intel (2016–2019). The profile also lists Software Engineer (internship until June 2014) at Intel (2012–2016).
Nathan Lintz
LinkedInExperience: Software Engineer · Google DeepMind
Software Engineer at Google DeepMind since April 2025, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Previous roles include Software Engineer at Google (2017–2025) and Software Engineer at Indico Data (2015–2016). The profile also lists Software Engineering Intern at Technical Machine (2014).
Sanjukta Aich
LinkedInExperience: Software Engineer · Google DeepMind
Software Engineer at Google DeepMind since April 2023, based in Mountain View. Previous roles include Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Cruise (2020–2022) and Deep Learning Software Engineer at Intel (2017–2020). The profile also lists Software Engineer at Intel (2017).
Senaka Buthpitiya
LinkedInExperience: Software Engineer · Google DeepMind
Software Engineer at Google DeepMind since May 2024, based in Mountain View; the profile also lists Software Engineer at Google since 2016. Previous roles include Research Scientist at Yahoo (2014–2016). The profile also lists PhD Candidate at Carnegie Mellon University (2009–2014).
Shayan Khan
LinkedInExperience: Staff Software Engineer · Google DeepMind
Staff Software Engineer at Google DeepMind since November 2025, after serving as Senior Software Engineer there (2024–2025). Previous roles include Senior Software Engineer - Gemini at Google (2024) and Software Engineer III - Gemini at Google (2022–2024).
Xiaole Zeng
LinkedInExperience: Senior Software Engineer · Google DeepMind
Senior Software Engineer at Google DeepMind since November 2024, based in Mountain View, with the profile noting a tech lead role; the profile also lists Senior Software Engineer at Google since April 2024. Previous roles include Software Engineer III at Google (2022–2024) and Software Engineer II at Google (2021–2022).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's level and location to your question, since a staff engineer and a recent joiner see different parts of the work. If the person previously worked elsewhere at Google, ask how the work compares with software engineering on other Google teams.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How is software engineering at an AI lab different from product engineering at a large tech company?
- 02What tools and practices help engineers move quickly on research-driven projects?
- 03How do software engineers contribute to model quality and evaluation work?
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