Senior Product Quantitative Researcher, Cloud Security

Google; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Paid time off: 20 days per year

Maternity Leave: 28-30 weeks

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Product Quantitative Researcher for Cloud Security in Seattle, WA. This role involves partnering with multi-disciplinary teams to analyze user behavior, derive insights, and inform decisions impacting product strategy. You'll utilize programming and data management skills to enhance product features and user engagement.

With comprehensive benefits including health insurance and a competitive salary range of $159,000 - $231,000, plus bonuses, this position offers significant career growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 6 years of experience in product research in an applied research setting.
• Experience with programming languages for data manipulation.
• Familiarity with machine learning techniques.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep-dive analyses to understand user behavior.
• Design and maintain data pipelines for analyses.
• Develop and monitor metrics to track user engagement.

Skills

Data manipulation

Statistical methods

Data analysis

Programming (Python, R)

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Master's degree or PhD in relevant field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

BigQuery

Python

R

Job description

Senior Product Quantitative Researcher, Cloud Security

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a Quantitative User Experience Researcher (Quant UXR), you will join a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating closely with Engineering and Product Management to create industry‑leading, innovative products.

The Cloud Security Product Analytics team works within the Strategy and Operations group to equip Google Security business leaders with the data and insights they need to confidently make decisions that improve our business and products. In this role, you will leverage your data engineering, data science, and analytical skills to build trusted data sets and executive‑level insights tailored to the Cloud Security portfolio. You will analyze product utilization and feature usage to understand customer satisfaction and retention, specifically focusing on how new tools drive engagement. You will manage the ambiguity and complexity of the current data environment while collaborating with Product Managers and UX teams to activate changes.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise‑grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting‑edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product, Engineering, and go‑to‑market (GTM) leadership to answer critical questions through rigorous data analysis.
• Conduct deep‑dive analyses to understand user behavior, identify trends, and uncover opportunities for product growth.
• Apply statistical methods and modeling techniques to extract insights and build predictive models for product performance.
• Develop and monitor core metrics and dashboards to track user engagement and business outcomes.
• Design and maintain data pipelines that aggregate and enrich key product data to power scalable analyses.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in product research in an applied research setting, or similar.
• Experience in programming languages used for data manipulation and computational statistics (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, or Go).
• Experience with SQL for data extraction and manipulation.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Human‑Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field.
• 5 years of experience conducting UX research on products and working with executive leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
• Experience with machine learning techniques and libraries.
• Experience with datasets and distributed computing systems such as Google Cloud Platform or BigQuery.
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and extract, transform, load (ETL) processes to support product strategy.

Benefits

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short‑Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28‑30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

US: $159,000 - $231,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits.

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