Research Data Scientist, Search Ads in AI Experiences

Google Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Google Inc. in Mountain View, CA, is hiring a Research Data Scientist for the Ads in AI Experiences team. The role focuses on applying statistics and ML to reinvent Search Ads for the AI era and delivering next‑generation commercial experiences.

You will build models, work with product and engineering partners, and translate business questions into analytical solutions using Python, R, and SQL, with a strong emphasis on data quality and impact.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases or statistical analysis, or a PhD degree.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business questions into tractable analyses and metrics.
• Design and evaluate models to express and solve defined problems with available data.
• Gather, extract, and curate data across sources using SQL, Python, or R, ensuring quality for analysis.

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Python

R

SQL

Statistics

Education

Master's degree

PhD

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Research Data Scientist, Search Ads in AI Experiences

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• Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases or statistical analysis, or a PhD degree.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases or statistical analysis, or a PhD degree.
  

About the job

The Ads in AI Experiences team is responsible for a high priority initiative at Google: reinventing Search Ads for the AI era (AI Overview, AI Mode). We are building the tech stack, the user experience, and the business model simultaneously. Our mission is to ensure that as Search experience evolves with AI, we unlock new ways for users to discover and engage with businesses through seamless, next-generation commercial experiences. We are a team of risk-takers and builders, responsible for experimenting with rapid velocity to define the next decade of Google’s business generation engine.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

About the job

The Ads in AI Experiences team is responsible for a high priority initiative at Google: reinventing Search Ads for the AI era (AI Overview, AI Mode). We are building the tech stack, the user experience, and the business model simultaneously. Our mission is to ensure that as Search experience evolves with AI, we unlock new ways for users to discover and engage with businesses through seamless, next-generation commercial experiences. We are a team of risk-takers and builders, responsible for experimenting with rapid velocity to define the next decade of Google’s business generation engine.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Collaborate with stakeholders in cross-projects and team settings to identify and clarify business or product questions to answer. Provide feedback to translate and refine business questions into tractable analysis, evaluation metrics, or mathematical models.
  
• Use custom data infrastructure or existing data models as appropriate, using specialized knowledge. Design and evaluate models to mathematically express and solve defined problems with limited precedent.
  
• Gather information, business goals, priorities, and organizational context around the questions to answer, as well as the existing and upcoming data infrastructure.
  
• Own the process of gathering, extracting, and compiling data across sources via relevant tools (e.g., SQL, R, Python). Independently format, re-structure, and/or validate data to ensure quality, and review the dataset to ensure it is ready for analysis.
  

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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