Connected TV Data Scientist

Key Skills

Data science techniques, Linux Operating system, Python Programming, R Programming, SQL, Tableau, UI design, Unix Operating system, UX design

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

• Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 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

In this role, with the support of a technical lead, you will partner with Product Managers, Engineers and UXR leaders on CTV’s search and discovery teams to unlock Connected TV (CTV) user/watchtime growth with improved content recommendations that serve our viewer’s needs while also diversifying their interests. You will work with technical teams building recommendation systems across CTV surfaces (e.g., home, search, watch next) and applications (e.g., YT Living Room Apps).

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $127,000-$187,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders in cross-projects and team settings to identify and clarify business or product questions to answer. Provide feedback to 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 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, compiling data across sources via relevant tools (e.g., SQL, R, Python). Format, re-structure, validate data to ensure quality, and review the dataset to ensure it is ready for analysis.
• Analyze Living Room discovery (recommendation models). Define and improve success metrics that are proxies of good user experiences.