Marketplace Data Scientist II — Experiment & Impact

SupportFinity™; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Scientist II for Marketplace across multiple teams in New York. You will tackle end-to-end product problems using data analytics, modeling and experiments to inform pricing, availability and growth strategies.

You will prototype ML and optimization models, design experiments, and deliver data-driven insights to cross-functional partners. Strong collaboration and communication are essential to drive impact across the mobility and delivery platforms.

Qualifications

• Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
• 2+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (not required with Ph.D.).
• Background in at least one programming language (eg. Python, R, Java, Ruby, Scala/Spark or Perl)
• Ability to use Python or similar technologies to work efficiently with large data sets and prototype algorithms & models
• Coding and SQL proficiency and ability to develop statistical analysis and algorithm prototyping in Python or R.
• Design experiments and interpret the results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions across a variety of KPIs

Responsibilities

• Solve ambiguous, challenging business problems using data-driven approaches including ML, Optimization, Causal Inference.
• Develop and implement statistical / econometric methodologies to improve results validity, power and generalizability.
• Develop data-driven business insights and work with cross-functional customers to find opportunities and recommend prioritization of product, growth, and optimization initiatives.
• Design and analyze experiments, present results that provide actionable recommendations.
• Orient the teams around data-driven product development by driving the creation of logging, metrics, data visualization and diagnostic tools, and experimentation paradigms.
• Define how our teams measure success, by developing metrics, in close partnership with cross functional partners.
• Owning the product development cycle end to end from data and science aspects.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Experiment design

Education

PhD/MS/Bachelors in quantitative field

Tools

Scala/Spark

SQL

Python

Job description

Uber is seeking a Scientist II for Marketplace across multiple teams in New York. You will tackle end-to-end product problems using data analytics, modeling and experiments to inform pricing, availability and growth strategies.

You will prototype ML and optimization models, design experiments, and deliver data-driven insights to cross-functional partners. Strong collaboration and communication are essential to drive impact across the mobility and delivery platforms.