Data Scientist III, Product, Google Shopping

Key Skills

Analytical and Problem solving, Data science techniques, Design, Python Programming, R Programming, SPSS Statistics, SQL, Stata

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering, Physics, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• 5 years of experience with analysis applications (extracting insights, performing statistical analysis, or solving business problems), and coding (Python, R, SQL), or 2 years of experience with a Master's degree.
• 1 year of experience managing analytical projects.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• 3 years of experience in scripting, statistical analysis (e.g., R, Stata, SPSS, SAS), developing and managing metrics, and evaluating programs/products.
• 1 year of experience working in an organization.
• Experience with data-warehouse tables, operational data and SQL.
• Experience working in online consumer shopping data science teams.

About the job

Help serve Google's worldwide user base of more than a billion people. Data Scientists provide quantitative support, market understanding and a strategic perspective to our partners throughout the organization. As a data-loving member of the team, you serve as an analytics expert for your partners, using numbers to help them make better decisions. You will weave stories with meaningful insight from data. You'll make critical recommendations for your fellow Googlers in Engineering and Product Management. You relish tallying up the numbers one minute and communicating your findings to a team leader the next.

As a Data Scientist in the Commerce organization, you will evaluate and improve Google's Shopping products. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of engineers on a wide range of problems. You will bring problem-solving and statistical methods to the challenges of measuring quality, improving consumer products, and understanding the behavior of our end-users, merchants, and partners. You will develop, organize and launch experiments and projects across Engineering, Product Management, Business, and Marketing.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $132,000-$189,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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

• Perform analysis by utilizing relevant tools (e.g., SQL, R, Python). Use comprehensive technical knowledge, custom data infrastructure or existing data models.
• Own the process of gathering, extracting, and compiling data across sources via relevant tools (e.g., SQL, R, Python). Format, re-structure, and validate data to ensure quality.
• Report Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to support business reviews with cross-functional/organizational leadership team. Translate analysis results to business insights or product improvement opportunities.
• Provide investigative insights and recommendations to influence product feature development decisions, and with some guidance.
• Build prototype analysis and business cases iteratively to provide insights at scale. Develop comprehensive knowledge of Google data structures and metrics.