Senior Staff Product Data Scientist - AI Systems Lead

Google Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 333,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Staff Product Data Scientist, Merchant Shopping, in Mountain View, CA. You will lead the technical evolution of data systems spanning Google’s merchant and communication products, bridging data science and software engineering.

You will build self-healing data pipelines, establish an AI-readable semantic layer, and develop autonomous agents capable of running full exploratory analyses that drive measurable ROI and improved consumer messaging funnels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering, Physics, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• 13 years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, performing statistical analysis, and coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL) (or 10 years work experience with a Master's degree).
• Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering, Physics, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• 15 years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, performing statistical analysis, and coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL).

Responsibilities

• Develop AI agents capable of executing end-to-end data analysis, from exploring interaction data to diagnosing metric shifts and generating product recommendations.
• Build and deploy production-code data pipelines for Business Messaging and Business Agents.
• Structure data warehouses so that they are universally readable by internal AI systems and product surfaces, ensuring accurate, reliable, and reproducible query retrieval.
• Architect the statistical frameworks and infrastructure for A/B testing, and build automated systems that interpret experimental results, flag statistical noise, and output clear ship/no-ship recommendations.
• Serve as a technical benchmark for data organization by writing clean, maintainable code (Python, SQL), and mentor senior team members on system architecture and advanced statistical methods.

Skills

Analytics

Statistical analysis

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Master's degree (preferred) in a related field

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Staff Product Data Scientist, Merchant Shopping, in Mountain View, CA. You will lead the technical evolution of data systems spanning Google’s merchant and communication products, bridging data science and software engineering.

You will build self-healing data pipelines, establish an AI-readable semantic layer, and develop autonomous agents capable of running full exploratory analyses that drive measurable ROI and improved consumer messaging funnels.