Research Data Scientist, Merchant Shopping

Google
Mountain View, California, United StatesFull-time$147,000–$210,000Posted Sep 2, 2026

About the role

MINIMUM 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 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 a PhD degree.

ABOUT THE JOB:

The Merchant Data Science team is a group of data scientists (US, London,

Zurich) within the Merchant Shopping Organization. We work on building scalable

data products that empower data-driven decision-making.

We are looking for a passionate, engineering-minded Data Scientist who is eager

to innovate on data science using genAI tools and build durable, impactful data

products.

In this role, you will need to be a full-stack expert who can bridge the gap

between software engineering, data engineering, and data science.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Build innovative data products like self-serve tools, experiment frameworks,

autorater and human evaluations.

  • Operate and contribute towards building a data science team that has

engineering style work quality.

  • Provide data-driven perspectives on product direction and opportunities.

Define, track, and analyze key metrics and attribution mechanisms to guide

product development.

  • Conduct in-depth research and analyses to identify the most significant

opportunities for improving the Shopping Graph.

  • Communicate complex findings and recommendations clearly and effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Build innovative data products like self-serve tools, experiment frameworks, autorater and human evaluations.
  • Operate and contribute towards building a data science team that has engineering style work quality.
  • Provide data-driven perspectives on product direction and opportunities.
  • Define, track, and analyze key metrics and attribution mechanisms to guide product development.
  • Conduct in-depth research and analyses to identify the most significant opportunities for improving the Shopping Graph.
  • Communicate complex findings and recommendations clearly and effectively.

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.

Benefits

  • 15% bonus target
  • equity
  • benefits

Skills mentioned

PythonRSQLData AnalysisStatistical AnalysisData ScienceGenerative AIData EngineeringData PipelinesModel Evaluation

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