Senior Research Data Scientist, Search Ads

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

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Job summary

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Research Data Scientist for Search Ads to drive analysis that improves user interfaces and ad formats. The team handles a $2XXB business with measurable global impact, offering meaningful visibility and impact on billions of users.

Individual pay depends on skills, experience, and education. The role includes a compensation range and equity, with a strong emphasis on rigorous analytics and modeling to answer key business questions.

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 include 8 years of analytics experience or 6 years with a PhD.

Responsibilities

• 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, and design and evaluate models to solve defined problems with limited precedent.
• Gather information, business goals, priorities, and organizational context around the questions and data infrastructure; own data extraction and preparation.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Education

Master's degree in statistics or related quantitative field

Job description

Senior Research Data Scientist, Search Ads

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• 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 work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases or statistical analysis, or 6 years of work experience with a PhD degree.

About the job

Our team provides the critical analysis and data insights that guide our AdsUI partners in improving user interfaces, ad formats, and the overall search page experience. We are the premier team driving a $2XXB business, offering you the unique opportunity to land immediate, visible impact on billions of users worldwide—including yourself.

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

Our team provides the critical analysis and data insights that guide our AdsUI partners in improving user interfaces, ad formats, and the overall search page experience. We are the premier team driving a $2XXB business, offering you the unique opportunity to land immediate, visible impact on billions of users worldwide—including yourself.

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

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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• 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). 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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