Senior Business Data Scientist, Trust and Safety Business Analytics at Google
Atlanta, GA
$163,000–$237,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within a business analytics function focused on Trust and Safety, where the core work involves designing and owning measurement frameworks — such as metrics for detecting policy violations — and building AI-based systems alongside engineering teams. The position suits a quantitatively trained analyst with hands-on experience in statistical modeling, data pipelines, and cross-functional project leadership, particularly in content moderation or risk-related domains.
Senior level · 4+ years · Austin, TX · Master's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 320 people in the Austin, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 170–420
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $130,161 (middle half $87,666–$165,113). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The posting lists three possible work locations — Austin TX, Atlanta GA, and Washington D.C. — with no remote option; Austin is used as the primary CBSA.
The minimum qualification requires a Master's degree in a quantitative discipline OR equivalent practical experience; because the JD offers an explicit experience-equivalency path, the degree requirement is set to Masters (the stated preference) but note that equivalent experience is accepted.
The 4-year experience floor comes from the minimum qualifications block; the preferred qualifications raise this to 6 years, but 4 is the hard gate.
Python and R are listed together as interchangeable coding examples in the minimum qualifications; SQL is listed alongside them as a distinct, separately required skill.
Data pipelines, LLMs (large language model multi-agent system engineering), and root cause analysis appear only in the preferred qualifications block.
Experience in Trust and Safety, content moderation, or risk analysis is listed as preferred — no specific technology is named, so it is omitted from the skills list per the generic-concept rule.
Compensation is $163,000–$237,000/year plus a 15% bonus target and equity, as stated in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): root cause analysis.
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