Senior Scientist, UberEats Feed

About the Role

UberEats has grown into a global marketplace where people rely on it to meet their daily needs. We're seeking a Senior Scientist with expertise in consumer-focused challenges-particularly in Ranking, Personalization, and Causal Inference-to help enhance the Eats Feed experience.

What You'll Do

• Refine ambiguous questions and generate new hypotheses about the product through a deep understanding of data, our customers, and our business.
• Design and run experiments / causal inference studies that are used to drive product decisions.
• Define how our teams measure success, by developing metrics, in close partnership with cross functional partners.
• Develop data-driven insights and work with cross-functional partners to identify opportunities to improve the product, UX, and develop technical roadmaps.
• Collaborate with other Scientists and Engineers to build and improve data foundations.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
• Minimum 3 years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (2+ years if holding a Ph.D.)
• Python or R coding and ability to develop statistical analysis and algorithm prototyping.
• Design experiments, interpret the results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions.
• Solid theoretical and applied causal inference skills, experience applying them in a practical industry setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D., M.S., or Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
• Ability to analyze large data sets to identify behavior or system trends and synthesize them to influence product direction.
• Excellent communication skills: able to lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams.
• Experience leading key technical projects and substantially influencing the scope and output of others.
• Track record of engaging senior leadership effectively to build understanding of and consensus for the viewpoints of the team.
Thought leadership to drive multi-functional projects from concept to production

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$183,000 per year - USD$203,000 per year. You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.