Staff Product Data Scientist, Ads Privacy and Safety
Google · Kirkland, WA | Mountain View, CA | New York City, NY | Pittsburgh, PA
About this role
Google is hiring a staff-level Data Scientist based in Kirkland, WA | Mountain View, CA | New York City, NY | Pittsburgh, PA. The posting calls out experience with Python, R, SQL, Compliance. Compensation is listed at $192,000–$278,000 per year.
- Role
- Data Scientist
- Function
- data engineering
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Kirkland, WA | Mountain View, CA | New York City, NY | Pittsburgh, PA
- Posted
- Apr 17, 2026
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Job description
from Google careersThe Ads Privacy and Safety team (APaS) is dedicated to fostering trust and transparency within the Google Ads ecosystem. This involves ensuring safety and respect for users, advertisers, and publishers by combating invalid traffic, promoting privacy-respecting business generation practices that empower user control, and advancing content understanding through human and machine intelligence.
The APaS Data Science team plays a crucial role in safeguarding the integrity of Google's advertising platform. By focusing on data-driven objectivity, accountability, and user-centricity, this team develops unbiased frameworks to measure business health and deliver impact assessments across key areas like risk, business, and user trust. They proactively counter threats by enabling precise measurement and ensuring the focus remains on the right problems. Through close partnerships across APaS, the team provides continuous measurement and influences strategic decisions with objective insights.