Lead Data Scientist: Fraud & Growth Analytics

Uber; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 193,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Uber's Science team is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to transform massive data into clear insights that guide our core platforms and global marketplaces. You will refine ambiguous questions and generate hypotheses to improve the rider, earner, and merchant journeys worldwide, translating data into tangible impact.

In a fast-moving, high-stakes environment, you will lead a team, design experiments, build predictive models, and create dashboards to monitor key metrics, communicating insights to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in data science or related field.
• Proficiency with SQL, Python, R, Tableau, and Google Studio.
• Experience with large data sets, mining actionable insights, statistical methods, and basic ML model development.
• Experience in Risk/Fraud/Payments; designing decision frameworks for fraud loss vs conversion.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data scientists and oversee fraud prevention initiatives with cross-functional partners.
• Set team objectives, priorities and ensure accountability for results.
• Conduct performance evaluations, coaching, and hiring recommendations.
• Recruitment and workforce planning; interviewing candidates and making hiring decisions.
• Design experiments and analyze results (time-series, A/B testing, causal inference) to assess impact and trends.
• Build predictive models to understand user behavior and forecast performance; create dashboards for diverse audiences.
• Communicate findings and monitor key metrics to drive operational improvements.

Skills

Data science

SQL

Python

R

Experimentation

Time-series forecasting

Causal inference

Analytics & visualization

Risk/Fraud/Payments

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Tableau

Google Studio

Job description

Uber's Science team is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to transform massive data into clear insights that guide our core platforms and global marketplaces. You will refine ambiguous questions and generate hypotheses to improve the rider, earner, and merchant journeys worldwide, translating data into tangible impact.

In a fast-moving, high-stakes environment, you will lead a team, design experiments, build predictive models, and create dashboards to monitor key metrics, communicating insights to