Staff Scientist – Uber for Business
| Company | Uber |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA, Sunnyvale, CA, USA |
| Salary | $212000 – $235500 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
- Strong SQL skills and ability to code in either Python or R.
- Experience in experimental design and analysis (e.g., A/B and/or market-level experiments).
Responsibilities
- Deploy a wide variety of methodologies, including causal inference techniques, funnel analyses, and econometric modeling to identify our largest business opportunities.
- Work together with Product, Operations, and Engineering partners to design a roadmap of features and initiatives as well as the long-term team strategy.
- Present findings to business and executive audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
- 6+ years of industry experience as a Data Scientist or equivalent.
- Ability to design, develop, productionize, and operate econometric models, experiments, and frameworks to assess challenging causal problems such as product incrementality and long-term value.
- Familiarity with pricing and elasticity modeling.
- Strong business and product sense: delight in shaping vague questions into well-defined analyses and success metrics that drive business decisions.
- Experience collaborating with very senior stakeholders (Director+) and generating insights to shape strategy.
- Familiarity with data visualization tools, such as Tableau.