Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Uber; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 232,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

Full-time benefits

Job summary

Uber Freight is hiring a Machine Learning Engineer to join the Marketplace team in Sunnyvale, CA. You will own ML models for pricing, matching, and optimization, collaborating with back-end engineers to deploy models into production.

The role emphasizes predictive modeling, causal inference, and constrained optimization in a fast-growing logistics platform. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of ML experience, a CS/Engineering degree, and proficiency with PyTorch.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing ML models to solve business problems.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
• Familiar with modern AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch).

Responsibilities

• Own ML models end-to-end for Uber Freight marketplace (pricing, matching, demand elasticity).
• Collaborate with backend engineers to productionize models and ensure they work as expected.

Skills

ML modeling

Production collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related fields

Tools

PyTorch

Job description

About The Role

Uber Freight Marketplace is building the next generation of logistics technology by leveraging Uber's proven marketplace playbook to freight. As part of a small, high-impact team, you'll help bring expertise from Uber's mobility and delivery marketplaces into a rapidly evolving industry, developing pricing, matching, recommendation, and optimization systems that will disrupt the freight industry ($1T TAM). Uber Freight is at a very early stage, with just 0.4% of the pie now, and it's a rare opportunity to solve challenging marketplace problems with AI/ML and marketplace optimization while shaping how the freight industry transforms.

We are looking for a highly motivated Machine Learning Engineer to join Uber's Marketplace team to modernize the Uber Freight marketplace team. It is a fascinating area with challenges in predictive modeling, causal inference, constrained optimization, reinforcement learning, marketplace design, etc. The business is about to elevate and this role has a huge growing opportunity.

What You'll Do

This role requires end to end ownership for the ML models in UF marketplace (cost prediction, booking probability, demand elasticity, etc.). While your job is mostly about model development, you will work with backend engineers together to put them in production and make sure they work as expected.

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing ML models to solve business problem.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
• Familiar with modern AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch).

Preferred Qualifications

• Product experience will be a big plus for this role. Adaptive development of ML models to the business context is critical.
• Previous experience with state-of-the‑art marketplace technology is preferred.
• Experience with causal inference and constrained optimization.

For Chicago, IL-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $209,000 per year - USD $232,000 per year.

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 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.

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