Senior Scientist, Fares

Uber; United States; On-site; USD 190,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

Benefits package

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Scientist for the Fares platform to solve high impact problems across riders, earners, and eaters. You will design experiments, perform causal inference, and build ML models to optimize policy design, UX and defect reduction.

Expect collaboration with product, engineering and operations to shape roadmap and drive business outcomes. Strong communication will help translate data findings to leadership and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Ph.D., MS, or Bachelors in CS, Statistics, Economics, ML or other quantitative fields.
• 3+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent.
• Experience with experiment design, exploratory data analysis, causal inference and model development.
• Proficient in SQL and a scripting language (Python or R).

Responsibilities

• Refine ambiguous questions and generate data backed hypotheses using data, systems and customers.
• Use experiments and causal inference to validate hypotheses and drive business goals.
• Partner with product, engineering and operations to influence product strategy.
• Influence roadmap for fares and cross-organizational teams (maps, matching, growth, UX, Ops).
• Build ML models to solve complex problems and create AI agents to automate workflows.
• Communicate findings clearly to leadership to influence decisions and direction.

Skills

Experiment design

Exploratory data analysis

Causal inference

Model development

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS/Statistics/ML or quantitative fields

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

About the Role

The Fares platform team powers the fares for all of Uber - that’s all riders, earners and eaters across the Uber and Uber Eats app. With $190B+ in gross bookings processed by the fares platform annually, we solve high impact problems which are critical to Uber’s success.

As a Scientist on this team, you will leverage experiment design, exploratory data analysis, causal inference and model development to solve a wide variety of problems in domains like policy design, user experience, optimization and defect reduction.

What the Candidate Will Do

• Refine ambiguous questions and generate data backed hypotheses through a deep understanding of the data, systems, customers and business.
• Use experiments and causal inference methods to validate the hypothesis and drive business goals critical to Uber’s success.
• Act as a thought partner with cross-functional teams across various disciplines, including product, engineering, and operations, to drive product strategy.
• Influence the product roadmap for fares and several cross-organizational teams (like maps, matching, growth, UX, Ops).
• Build ML models to solve complex problems and create AI agents to automate data science workflows.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical leadership to influence decisions and product direction.

Basic Qualifications

• Ph.D., M.S., or Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Machine Learning, or other quantitative fields.
• 3+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent.
• Experience with experiment design, exploratory data analysis, causal inference and model development.
• Proficient in both a data ETL language (e.g. SQL) and a scripting language (e.g. Python, R).

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent.
• Experience using statistical methodologies in platform, marketplace or consumer domains.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage data and systems thinking for storytelling and root cause analysis.
• Excellent communication skills: able to lead initiatives across multiple areas and communicate findings with leadership.

Ready to Ride?

This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.

Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $190,000 per year - USD $211,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $190,000 per year - USD $211,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $190,000 per year - USD $211,000 per year.

For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.