Staff/Senior Staff Scientist

Uber • Fulltime • San Francisco, CA, USA, United States • $203k - $225.50k / year • 3m ago

About the Role

Scientists at Uber use data to improve and automate all aspects of Uber’s products. Your scope will cover the entire rider experience, ranging from the core rider experience to newer verticals like rentals, Uber reserve, and business users. You will lead the development of experimentation and quasi-experimental methods and processes to address some of our most challenging causal problems.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

---- What the Candidate Will Do ----

Design, own, and improve experimentation and measurement processes
Propose, design, and analyze large scale online experiments
Present findings to business and executive audiences
Design, develop, productionize, and operate econometric models, experiments, and frameworks to assess challenging causal problems such as product incrementality and long-term value

---- Basic Qualifications ----

4+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent.
Expertise in econometrics
Expertise in experimental design and analysis
Expertise in underlying mathematical foundations of machine learning, statistics, optimization, economics, and analytics
Proficiency in SQL.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to cross functional partners of varying technical levels.

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

Ph.D. in Economics or Statistics
7+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent
Experience modeling lifetime value and estimating incrementality
Experience on experimentation platform team
Experience implementing experimentation processes

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$203,000 per year - USD$225,500 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.

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