Senior Staff Engineering Analyst, Webspam

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in data analysis including identifying trends, generating summary statistics, and drawing insights from quantitative and qualitative data.
• Experience in data extraction, manipulation, and analysis using SQL and scripting languages (e.g., Python).
• Experience with data analysis, statistical analysis and data science.
• Experience with web technologies, search engine ecosystems, and common web abuse tactics.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering), or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience in roles focused on abuse detection, anti-spam, search quality, or adversarial data analysis.
• Experience in or understanding of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) industry and webmaster practices.
• Experience in designing and developing novel machine learning models and data pipelines for large-scale abuse fighting.
• Ability to define and manage multi-quarter strategic roadmaps for analytical projects or anti-abuse efforts.
• Ability to contribute to the areas related to data science, machine learning, or abuse fighting.

About the job

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $221,000-$311,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of approximately 15 Engineering Analysts, defining and leading the strategic direction for analyzing, detecting, and combating emerging and sophisticated spam threats for Search.
• Pioneer the use of advanced technologies (e.g., custom ML models, Large Language Models (LLMs), graph analysis) for spam detection, measurement, and enforcement.
• Develop and advocate innovative analytical methodologies and frameworks to understand and measure the spam ecosystem. Lead the analytical components of large-scale, complex anti-spam projects, often spanning multiple teams and systems.
• Serve as a technical expert on spam analysis, data exploitation, and anti-abuse techniques within Search.
• Maintain deep expertise in the external SEO, tools, and tactics.