Lead Research Data Scientist, Learning Frontiers
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
New York, NY, USA - Experience
- 8 years of relevant experience, or 6 years with a PhD; preferred: 10 years, or 8 years with a PhD.
- Education
- Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
About the job
Leads data science research and experimentation to measure the learning impact of AI features across Google product surfaces.
What you'll do
- Analyze product logs, conduct research, and develop roadmaps around educational intent and learning outcomes.
- Develop learning metrics and proxies, design experiments, and evaluate cross-product educational user journeys.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members.
What they ask for
- Master's degree in a listed or related quantitative field.
- 8 years of relevant analytics, coding, database-querying, or statistical-analysis experience, or 6 years with a PhD.
- Experience with cross-functional projects and defining measurement frameworks.
Nice to have
- PhD in a quantitative field focused on pedagogy or educational psychology.
- Experience measuring digital learning impact, mentoring data scientists, guiding technical strategy, or working with fragmented cross-product data.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, R, SQL, Gemini, Search, NotebookLM, YouTube
AI focus
Evaluate the learning impact of AI features and develop pedagogical product experiences and measures of successful learning.
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