Senior Scientist

Uber

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San Francisco, CASunnyvale, CASeattle, WA
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25 days ago
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Uber Technologies, Inc. is the world’s largest, San Francisco-based mobile technology platform facilitating on-demand ride-hailing, food delivery (Uber Eats), and freight transportation across approximately 70 countries.

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TL;DR · Senior Scientist

The Senior Scientist, Fares joins the Fares platform team to manage pricing for riders, earners, and eaters. This role involves refining ambiguous questions into data-backed hypotheses and using exploratory data analysis, experiment design, and causal inference to solve problems in policy design, user experience, optimization, and defect reduction. The successful candidate will build machine learning models, create AI agents to automate data science workflows, and act as a thought partner to influence product roadmaps across engineering and operations. Key technical requirements include proficiency in data ETL languages like SQL and scripting languages such as Python or R. The work focuses on solving high-impact problems within the fares platform, requiring the ability to communicate complex findings to both technical and non-technical leadership to drive product strategy.

What you'll do

  • Generate data-backed hypotheses by analyzing data, systems, customers, and business needs.
  • Use experiments and causal inference methods to validate hypotheses and drive business goals.
  • Build machine learning models to solve complex problems.
  • Create AI agents to automate data science workflows.
  • Influence the product roadmap for fares and cross-organizational teams.
  • Communicate findings to technical and non-technical leadership to influence product direction.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Machine Learning, or another quantitative field.
  • 3+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (preferred).
  • Experience with experiment design, exploratory data analysis, causal inference, and model development.
  • Proficiency in a data ETL language like SQL and a scripting language like Python or R.
  • Experience using statistical methodologies in platform, marketplace, or consumer domains (preferred).
  • Demonstrated ability to leverage data and systems thinking for storytelling and root cause analysis (preferred).
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Machine Learning, or other quantitative fields.

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