Sr Data Scientist, Tech

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

About the role and team

Science at Uber means transforming the complex reality of global data into the insights that power our most significant decisions. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will turn complexity into clarity by deep-diving into massive, multi-dimensional datasets to shape the direction of our core platforms and global marketplaces. This is an analytics-focused role where you will refine ambiguous questions and generate new hypotheses to identify opportunities that improve the user journey for millions of riders, earners, and merchants worldwide.

You will join a high-stakes environment where the work is fast-moving, and the results are felt in the real world every single day. Collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations, you will serve as a data thought leader, ensuring that strategic decisions are rooted in rigorous insights and experimental results. This role is about influence and operational impact - if you are looking to build and productionize advanced ML models, this is not the team; if you want to navigate the messy reality of global business challenges through data, this is where you'll grow.

Rate of Pay: $193,232 to $231,879 per Year

You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

What you'll do

• Manage and lead a team of data scientists, setting priorities, allocating resources, and overseeing delivery of fraud prevention initiatives in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Establish team objectives aligned with business strategy and ensure accountability for performance and results.
• Conduct performance evaluations, set development goals, provide coaching, and make recommendations regarding hiring, promotions, and compensation.
• Responsible for recruitment and workforce planning, defining role requirements, interviewing candidates, and making hiring decisions.
• Design experiments and analyze results to draw actionable conclusions, performing time-series analyses, hypothesis testing, and causal inference to assess impact and identify trends.
• Build predictive models to understand user behavior and forecast performance, as well as create dashboards and reports tailored to various audiences to monitor and communicate key metrics.
• Drive improvements in key performance metrics such as fraud losses, false positives, action rate reductions, merchant integrations, and operational efficiency.
• Extract data from the warehouse, back-testing models, comparing model performance, and communicating findings.
• Develop end-to-end solutions that address business and engineering challenges related to funnel optimization, 3rd party integrations, fraud mitigation, user engagement, and overall user experience.
• Design optimal risk actions that strike a balance between growth and risk controls.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to identify and monitor risk associated with new products, marketplaces, and payment methods.
• Supervise at least 1 Data Scientist / 15-2051; Data Scientists.
• May telecommute.

Basic Qualifications

• Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Engineering (Any), Computer Science, or related field, followed by five years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
• Position requires:
  • Data science and visualization tools: SQL, Python, R, Tableau, and Google Studio;
  • Experimentation techniques including A/B testing;
  • Statistical analysis including descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, and confidence intervals;
  • Quantitative modeling including machine learning models, time-series forecasting, and casual impact analyses;
  • Developing, utilizing, and communicating relevant metrics;
  • Experience with large data sets, mining actionable insights, statistical methods, and basic ML model development;
  • Experience in Risk/Fraud/Payments;
  • Designing decision frameworks for optimizing fraud loss vs. conversion / user friction trade-off.

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. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.

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.