Research Data Scientist, Core Metrics

Google

Mountain View, California, United StatesFull-time$147,000–$210,000Posted Oct 23, 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:

Ads Metrics is the Data Science team for Search ads. We support the SAGE (Search

Ads and Google Experience) organization in developing the most important ad

products at Google - from classic text ads, to rich shopping ads, to exciting

new products like Discovery ads. These products - the heart of Google’s business

driving $B+ in annual revenue - are complex, advanced, and they are rapidly

growing and evolving.

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 (e.g., SQL, R, Python). Independently format,

re-structure, and/or validate data to ensure quality, and review the dataset

to ensure it is ready for analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify business and product questions and translate them into analyses, evaluation metrics, or mathematical models.
  • Design and evaluate models to solve defined problems.
  • Gather business goals, priorities, organizational context, and information about data infrastructure.
  • Extract, compile, structure, and validate data across sources using tools such as SQL, R, and Python.

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
  • At least 3 years of experience using analytics, coding, database querying, or statistical analysis to solve product or business problems, or a PhD degree.
  • Preferred: 5 years of relevant work experience, or a PhD degree.

Benefits

  • 15% target bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Skills mentioned

Data ScienceData AnalysisPythonRSQLStatistical AnalysisStatistical ModelingExploratory Data AnalysisModel EvaluationBusiness Intelligence

About Google

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