Google

Research Data Scientist, Cloud Demand Forecasting and Capacity Planning

Google$147K — $210K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, or Engineering.
  • 3 years of analytics experience solving business challenges; alternative PhD qualification accepted.
  • Preferred: PhD in Operations Research or related discipline.
  • 5 years of relevant analytics experience, focusing on product or business solutions.
  • 4 years in a data science role applying advanced analytics for infrastructure challenges.
  • Experience in designing statistical and machine learning models.
  • Exceptional problem-framing, problem-solving, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and improve forecasting models to align with Google Cloud's objectives.
  • Optimize Cloud infrastructure usage while meeting service level goals for customers.
  • Drive independent technical contributions, executing tasks end-to-end with minimal guidance.
  • Create methodologies for ambiguous problems, taking full ownership of diverse activities beyond analysis.
  • Collaborate with engineers and cross-disciplinary teams to leverage expertise in data science.

Benefits

  • Bonus target of 15% based on individual performance.
  • Equity benefits participation.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Flexible work location options between Atlanta, GA and Thornton, CO.
  • Access to a supportive multi-disciplinary team environment.
Full Job Description
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X The application window will be open until at least October 1, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Atlanta, GA, USA; Thornton, CO, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
  • 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:
  • PhD in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Statistics or related 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 a PhD degree.
  • 4 years of relevant experience (e.g., as a data scientist), including experience applying advanced analytics to planning and infrastructure problems.
  • Experience designing and building statistical forecasting models.
  • Experience designing and building machine learning models.
  • Excellent problem-framing, problem-solving and project management skills.


About the job

Drive the inventory efficiency, obtainability, and growth of Google Cloud's compute, storage, and ML products through scalable data science solutions for forecasting organic and inorganic demand, planning and managing capacity, and developing product innovations.

As a data scientist on the CCDS (Cloud Capacity Data Science) team, you will develop, maintain, and improve forecasting models and capacity solutions to support Cloud's business objectives. Our customers want a high-quality experience when obtaining and using Google Cloud's infrastructure to run their workloads. Your challenge on most projects will be to enable Cloud to efficiently use its infrastructure and to ensure a high-quality obtainability experience for our customers. You will deploy and contribute to advanced machine-learning models that forecast the organic and inorganic demand for our many Cloud products. In this role, you will also use advanced operations research methods to develop algorithms that recommend actions based on our forecasts of future demand. In addition, you will collaborate with a larger multi-disciplinary team of engineers, program managers, and product managers to optimize our fast-growing fleet's massive scale and flexible configuration.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Develop, maintain, and improve forecasting models and capacity planning solutions to support Cloud's business objectives.
  • Make efficient use of Cloud's infrastructure, while achieving service level objectives for Cloud's customers.
  • Make larger, mostly independent, technical contributions by consistently executing and finishing end-to-end tasks towards a larger goal with minimal assistance from team members.
  • Generate the methodologies required to solve ambiguous problems, and take ownership of the solution, often involving many different activities beyond analysis such as supporting launches, working cross-functionally, and creating documentation.
  • Communicate and work with engineers and subject matter experts to become fully integrated with a cross-disciplinary team. Demonstrate working knowledge of data science and related technical areas of the organization, identified as a Google individual contributor by team organizers and leaders.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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$182.5 billion
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