Staff Scientist, Merchant
Uber
About the Role
The mission of the Merchant team is to help merchants realize their full potential on Uber Eats, from onboarding to building a success business. As a Scientist on this team, you will own complex projects from end-to-end, including understanding product performance, running marketplace experiments, building models, and driving tradeoff decisions using data.
What You'll Do
- Generate product insights through analysis to influence decisions and what / how the team builds.
- Design and analyze experiments to help the team learn, ship, and measure impact.
- Lead product measurement for the team, including metrics design, implementation, and goal setting.
- Scale data visibility and access through dashboards or other tools.
Basic Qualifications
- Ph.D., M.S., or Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
- Minimum 5 years of industry experience as a Data Scientist or equivalent role (3+ if holding a Ph.D.)
- Expertise in experimental design and statistical analysis for A/B testing and causal inference.
- Proficiency in R or Python for exploratory data analysis and modeling.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience extracting user behavior insights from large datasets.
- Experience with data visualization and dashboarding tools (e.g., Tableau, Matplotlib).
Preferred Qualifications
- Marketplace experimentation experience within a Delivery or Ecommerce business.
- 6+ years of industry experience.
- Proficiency in causal inference.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$216,000 per year - USD$240,000 per year.
You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.
Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
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