Search Ads Research Data Scientist

Google

Mountain View, California, United StatesFull-time$147,000–$210,000Posted Oct 22, 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.

  • Experience in statistical inference.
  • Experience in mathematical modeling.
  • Experience in applied mathematics.
  • Experience in analysis insight.

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:

As a Data Scientist, you will evaluate and improve Google Search Ads products.

You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and analysts on

a wide range of problems. This position will bring scientific excellence and

statistical methods to the challenges of Search Ads product creation,

development and improvement with an appreciation for the behaviors of the end

user.

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:

  • 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 (SQL, R, Python). Format, re-structure, or validate data

to ensure quality, and review the dataset to ensure it is ready for analysis.

  • Research and develop analysis, forecasting, and optimization methods to

improve quality of Google's user facing products.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define product and business questions and translate them into analyses, metrics, or models.
  • Design and evaluate mathematical models to solve defined problems.
  • Gather business context, goals, priorities, and data infrastructure information.
  • Extract, compile, validate, and prepare data using tools such as SQL, R, and Python.
  • Develop analysis, forecasting, and optimization methods to improve Google user-facing products.

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in a quantitative field or a PhD degree.
  • At least 3 years of experience using analytics, coding, database querying, or statistical analysis to solve product or business problems.
  • Experience in statistical inference, mathematical modeling, applied mathematics, and analysis.

Benefits

  • 15% target bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Skills mentioned

PythonRSQLData ScienceData AnalysisStatistical AnalysisStatistical ModelingExploratory Data AnalysisPredictive ModelingTime-Series Forecasting

About Google

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