Senior Data Scientist, Core Ranking and AI Context

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Senior Data Scientist role in Mountain View, CA, focuses on Core Ranking and AI Context. You will work with engineers and product managers to drive analyses and improve search quality. You will design experiments, build models, and present insights that guide product decisions.

Ideal candidates have a strong foundation in statistics and machine learning, excellent communication, and a track record of translating data into actionable business outcomes in consumer-facing products.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative field.
• 5 years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding, querying databases, or 3 years with a PhD.
• Strong quantitative and programming skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with engineers and product managers to identify quality and metric headrooms.
• Conduct rigorous analyses of large-scale datasets, apply statistical/AI methods to solve complex problems, and present actionable insights.
• Develop evals and measurements to guide improvements and automate such evals with engineering and product teams.
• Be an integrated partner to impel system changes and launches.

Skills

Analytics

Problem solving

Mentoring

Python

R

SQL

Education

Master's degree in Statistics/Data Science/Math/Physics/Economics/OR/Engineering

PhD degree

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Senior Data Scientist, Core Ranking and AI Context

Google

Mountain View, CA, USA

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Minimum qualifications:

• Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
  
• 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 3 years of work experience with a PhD degree.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases or statistical analysis, or 6 years of experience with a PhD degree.
• Experience working on a consumer facing product or quality evaluations.
• Experience with experimental design and analysis, survey design, evaluation methodologies, statistical modeling and machine learning algorithms.
• Ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to apply quantitative models to real-world business problems.
• Ability to learn new skills and adapt to changing environments, including track record of self-directed learning and knowledge application.

About the job

If you'd like to stay at the epicenter at Google Search and pioneer the next era of our search products, you've come to the right team. As a data science team that supports Core Ranking and AI Context Engineering (CRAFT), we are the foundation for all of Google's key products - Search, AI Overview, and AI Mode. Working alongside engineers and product managers, we work on the most complex challenges, push the boundaries of Web and AI quality, and architect novel ways for billions of users to experience Google's capabilities on a daily basis. This is your chance to define our Search products for Google.

The mission of the CRAFT team is to drive measurements, insights, and impel actions with our partners across Core Ranking and AI Context Engineering in Search to elevate Google's Search Engine Results Page (SRP) and AI Mode and AI Overviews (AIX) products.

US base salary range for this full-time position is $174,000-$252,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with engineers and product managers to identify quality and metric headrooms.
  
• Conduct rigorous analyses of large-scale datasets, apply statistical/AI methods to solve complex problems, and present actionable insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
  
• Develop evals and measurements to guide hillclimbing and iterative improvements. Automate such evals and measurements in collaboration with engineering and product.
  
• Be an integrated partner to impel system changes and launches.

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