Uber · 23 hours ago
Staff Scientist - Matching, Membership, Maps, Experimentation
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$212K/yr - $236K/yr
7+ years expUber is a leading technology company that operates a global marketplace. They are seeking a Staff Scientist to lead high-impact teams across delivery logistics, membership, maps, and experimentation, focusing on data-driven problem-solving and product development.
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Responsibilities
Solve ambiguous, challenging business problems using data-driven approaches including Causal Inference, Optimization and ML
Own the product development cycle end to end from data and science aspects
Provide thought leadership and mentorship for critical science problems across teams / orgs
Develop data-driven business insights and work with cross-functional customers to find opportunities and recommend prioritization of initiatives
Design and analyze experiments, present results that provide actionable recommendations
Develop and implement statistical / econometric methodologies to improve results validity, power and generalizability
Orient the teams around data-driven product development by driving the creation of logging, metrics, data visualization and diagnostic tools, and experimentation paradigms
Define how our teams measure success, by developing metrics, in close partnership with cross functional partners
Qualification
Required
Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields
7+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (or 4+ years with Ph.D.)
Excellent communication and collaboration skills: Able to lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams
Background in at least one programming language (eg. Python, R, Java, Ruby, Scala/Spark or Perl)
Ability to use Python or similar technologies to work efficiently with large data sets and prototype algorithms & models
Coding and SQL proficiency and ability to develop statistical analysis and algorithm prototyping in Python or R
Experience designing experiments and interpreting the results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions across a variety of key performance indicators
Preferred
Ph.D. in Economics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research or other quantitative fields
Experience in leading key technical projects and substantially influencing the scope and output of others
Thought leadership to drive cross-functional projects from concept to production
Experience in large-scale marketplace algorithm design or experimentation platform
Experience with exploratory data analysis, statistical analysis and model development
Strong programming skills to prototype models in at least one of Python (preferably), R, Java, Go, Scala
Benefits
You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program
May be offered an equity award & other types of comp
You will also be eligible for various benefits
Company
Uber
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$35.56BKey Investors
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2025-09-08Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
2025-05-13Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2025-01-01Post Ipo Equity· $2.3B
Leadership Team
Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO
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Chief Financial Officer
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