Senior Research Data Scientist, Search Ads
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Google, a leader in search and advertising technology, is hiring a Senior Research Data Scientist to drive insights for its $200B+ search ads business. The role focuses on designing mathematical models and analyzing data using Python, R, and SQL. Candidates require a Master's degree in a quantitative field and 5 years of experience in analytics or coding, with 8 years preferred. The position is based in Mountain View, CA, offering a salary range of $174,000 to $252,000 plus a 15% bonus target and equity.
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.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.
Minimum 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:
- 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 Company
Google is a technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, a search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft.
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