Scientist II, Marketplace Data & ML Innovation

SupportFinity™; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Scientist II, Marketplace to drive end-to-end product development from data analytics, modeling and experimentation perspectives across multiple teams. You will prototype ML, optimization, causal inference models and design experiments to generate actionable insights for delivery, maps, and experimentation platforms.

The role emphasizes turning complex business problems into data-driven solutions, building logging and metrics, and collaborating with cross-functional partners to

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 (e.g. 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 prioritize product, growth, and optimization initiatives.
• Design and analyze experiments, present results with actionable recommendations.
• Drive data-driven product development by creating logging, metrics, data visualization and diagnostic tools, and experimentation paradigms.
• Define how our teams measure success by developing metrics with cross functional partners.
• Own the product development cycle end to end from data and science aspects.

Skills

Python

SQL

R

Java

Scala

Spark

Perl

Education

PhD/MS/Bachelor in quantitative fields

Job description

Uber is seeking a Scientist II, Marketplace to drive end-to-end product development from data analytics, modeling and experimentation perspectives across multiple teams. You will prototype ML, optimization, causal inference models and design experiments to generate actionable insights for delivery, maps, and experimentation platforms.

The role emphasizes turning complex business problems into data-driven solutions, building logging and metrics, and collaborating with cross-functional partners to