
Research Scientist, Market Algorithms, Google Research
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Job overview
Google Research seeks a Research Scientist to address questions at the intersection of computer science, AI, and economics and develop implementations of solutions. The role involves setting up large-scale tests, developing ideas into products or technologies, and contributing to the research community through publications and collaboration. The scientist will help shape research strategy and identify emerging research areas with internal and external collaborators.
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Minimum qualifications:
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PhD in Algorithms, Theoretical CS, ML, Mathematics, Economics, a related mathematical field, or equivalent practical experience.
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Experience leading a research agenda.
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Experience with Advanced Algorithms, Economics or Artificial Intelligence.
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One or more scientific publication submission(s) for conferences, journals, or public repositories.
Preferred qualifications:
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2 years of experience in coding.
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1 year of experience leading research efforts and influencing other researchers.
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Experience in AI applications, comfortable with experimentation with GenAI.
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Experience in Research Market Algorithms (also known as econ/CS or algorithmic game theory).
About the job
As an organization, Google maintains a portfolio of research projects driven by fundamental research, new product innovation, product contribution and infrastructure goals, while providing individuals and teams the freedom to emphasize specific types of work. As a Research Scientist, you'll setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly, managing deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new and improved products, processes, or technologies. From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more.
As a Research Scientist, you'll also actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing your findings, with ideas inspired by internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world.
In this role, you will help solve research questions at the intersection of computer science, AI, and economics and develop implementations of the solutions.
Google Research is building the next generation of intelligent systems for all Google products. To achieve this, we’re working on projects that utilize the latest computer science techniques developed by skilled software developers and research scientists. Google Research teams collaborate closely with other teams across Google, maintaining the flexibility and versatility required to adapt new projects and foci that meet the demands of the world's fast-paced business needs.
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
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Author research papers to share and generate impact of research results across function and in the research community.
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Drive project work by defining the data structure, framework, design, and evaluation metrics for research solution development and implementation. Identify timelines and obtain resources needed.
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Identify new and upcoming research areas by interacting with potential external and internal collaborators. Help in developing long-term research strategy and plans to expand the impact of Google research.
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Develop research at the intersection of AI and economics.
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,160 open Research Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$147–210K/yr
- California median$183–275K/yr503 salary ranges
- US median$147–222K/yr1,431 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $179K, is 21% below the California median midpoint ($226K) — in the lowest quarter of Research Scientist salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 734 open Research Scientist jobs in California and 2,160 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Research Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,116 postings).
- Education
- 1,095 of the 2,160 open Research Scientist jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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