Senior Data Scientist, Mobility New Verticals
Actively Hiring
Full-time $190k - $211k Posted 6 months ago
Role overview
- check_circle Prototype and productionize new models and approaches to model customer behavior, with focus on long term impact of consumer actions and experiences by using Uber's planet scale data.
- check_circle Derive clear and actionable insights from your models and analyses, and communicate them to your stakeholders and business leaders to shape business strategy.
- check_circle Incorporate models in the broader framework of algorithmic decision making at Uber, influencing millions of outcomes and impacting the lives of millions of Uber users everyday. Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as product, engineering and operations to drive system development end-to-end from conceptualization to final product.
Basic qualifications
- M.S., or Bachelor's degree in Economics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science with a strong modeling focus).
- Mininum 4 years of relevant industry experience as a Data Scientist, Applied Scientist, or equivalent (Mininum 2 years if holding a Ph.D.).
- Strong foundations in causal inference, experimental design and econometrics.
- Excellent analytical skills, with experience extracting user behavior insights from large datasets.
- Knowledge of underlying mathematical foundations of statistics, optimization and economics.
- Proficiency with Python for exploratory data analysis and modeling, and modern ML tools such as pytorch, tensorflow etc. Strong ability to communicate with technical and nontechnical audiences.
Preferred qualifications
- Mininum 5 years of relevant industry experience as a Data Scientist, Applied Scientist, or equivalent.
- PhD in quantitative fields such as Statistics, Economics, OR, Engineering, Physics, etc.
- Proficiency in Python and the modern model development frameworks such as pytorch etc.
- Experience in LTV (Life Time Value) modeling, causal inference from observational data and choice modeling.
- Experienced in using AI to hypercharge productivity and delivering 10x impact. Exceptional communication skills across technical, non-technical, and executive audiences.
Tags & Focus Areas
Fulltime Machine Learning Data Science Ai
About Uber
About the role: Collaborates with stakeholders within the team to build and maintain backend services and solutions to support user-facing products, downstream services, or infrastructure tools and platforms used across Uber. About the Team: Founded in August 2014, Uber Eats has become the largest food delivery app globally, and is the fastest growing food delivery platform in the world. We have doubled our gross bookings in just over the last year! Our team's work at Uber Eats directly impac...