PhD Business Data Scientist Intern: ML & Insights

Google LLC; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 118,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Sick time 40h/yr

Holidays 13 days/yr

Job summary

Google LLC invites a Business Data Scientist Intern, PhD, Summer 2027. This role targets students in their penultimate year pursuing a PhD in quantitative fields, with expertise in statistical methods and ML/AI research.

Location preferences include the US; English proficiency is required for collaboration across teams. The internship emphasizes translating business problems into analytical solutions, building scalable data pipelines, and delivering insights that influence product decisions.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in a quantitative discipline (e.g., statistics, biostatistics, physics, applied mathematics, economics).
• Experience with statistical methods and software (R, Python, MATLAB) and SQL.
• English proficiency and eligibility to work in the United States for the duration of the internship.
• Strong research background and demonstrated ability to publish in ML/AI venues is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Translate business problems into analytical solutions and insights.
• Develop data science solutions, improve data pipelines, and implement evaluation metrics.
• Build reusable statistical models and prototypes to impact product metrics.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Design experiments and analyze results to inform business decisions.

Skills

Statistical methods

R

Python

MATLAB

SQL

Education

PhD candidate in quantitative discipline

Tools

Cursor

Codex

Claude Code

Job description

Google LLC invites a Business Data Scientist Intern, PhD, Summer 2027. This role targets students in their penultimate year pursuing a PhD in quantitative fields, with expertise in statistical methods and ML/AI research.

Location preferences include the US; English proficiency is required for collaboration across teams. The internship emphasizes translating business problems into analytical solutions, building scalable data pipelines, and delivering insights that influence product decisions.