Research Data Scientist — Search & Recommender AI

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

Google is seeking a Research Data Scientist to advance YouTube Search and Viewer AI. You will analyze experiments, improve search signals, and build models for recommender-style experiences at scale.

Bring a strong quantitative background, hands-on coding (Python, SQL), and 3+ years of experience, plus a Master’s degree in a quantitative field. This role blends RecSys with LLM-driven insights in a fast, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering or a related quantitative field.
• 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 stakeholders to translate business questions into analysis and metrics.
• Design and evaluate models using SQL and Python across data sources.
• Ensure data quality and prepare datasets for analysis.

Skills

Analytics

Python

R

SQL

Experiment design

Recommender systems

Machine learning

Education

Master's degree in a quantitative field

Job description

Google is seeking a Research Data Scientist to advance YouTube Search and Viewer AI. You will analyze experiments, improve search signals, and build models for recommender-style experiences at scale.

Bring a strong quantitative background, hands-on coding (Python, SQL), and 3+ years of experience, plus a Master’s degree in a quantitative field. This role blends RecSys with LLM-driven insights in a fast, collaborative environment.