Senior Data Scientist, Gemini App, Google DeepMind at DeepMind

Snapshot

Our team, GeminiApp, is on a mission to build a universal AI assistant that will empower billions of people. We are creating a personal, proactive, and powerful life assistant that will be used multiple times a day to increase productivity and creativity by 10 to 100-fold. Our work is shaping how humanity interacts with AI at scale.

About Us

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.

The Role

As a Data Scientist on the GeminiApp team, you are a key partner and co-creator in our product strategy while managing a growing team. You will be instrumental in building a uniquely proactive and powerful assistant by ensuring our strategic decisions are grounded in data. This is a high-impact role for a data scientist who is excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative environment and who is passionate about building user-centered experiences that will redefine our relationship with technology.

Key responsibilities:

• Partner with Verticals PM, engineering, and UX to develop data-driven product strategies
• Translate ambiguous questions into well-defined problems, design experiments, and analyze large complex datasets for insights
• Develop and implement novel, goal-oriented metrics
• Build and deploy statistical/ML models to understand our users, enhance product capabilities and personalize user experience
• Communicate findings & recommendations to stakeholders, including executives
• Champion data-driven culture by feeding user engagement insights back into models
• Collaborate with the GenAI team on model quality and feature adoption
• Act as a technical leader for a global team, guiding junior members on complex analyses and upholding best practices to ensure high-quality, impactful work

About You

In order to set you up for success as a Data Scientist at DeepMind,  we look for the following skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering, Physics, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• 5 years of experience with analysis applications (e.g., extracting insights, performing statistical analysis, or solving business problems), and coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL) or 2 years of experience with a Master's degree.
• 2 years of work experience identifying opportunities for business/product improvement and then defining/measuring the success of those initiatives.

In addition, the following would be an advantage: 

• A bias for action and a relentless drive to build something great. You are a resourceful and creative problem-solver, able to find innovative solutions in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. You are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive on a challenge.
• Strong business acumen and a strategic mindset. You have a proven ability to connect data-driven insights to business impact and can effectively translate business needs into data science problems.
• Deep technical expertise. You have a strong foundation in statistical modeling, machine learning, and experimental design. You are proficient in SQL and have hands-on experience with a programming language like Python or R.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills. You can articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership. You are a compelling storyteller who can use data to influence decisions.
• A collaborative and influential partner. You have a track record of successfully collaborating with and influencing cross-functional teams, particularly engineering and product management, to drive data-informed decisions. You are ready to work in an environment with a shared roadmap that holds multiple teams accountable for both model quality and feature adoption.
• A commitment to user trust and privacy. You understand the importance of telling users what data is being used and why, and you are committed to providing users with granular, easy-to-understand controls over their personal information.

Application deadline: 12pm GMT 28th February 2026

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