Uber

Sr Scientist, Tech - Science

Uber  •  New York City, NY (Onsite)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

About the role

As a Senior Scientist working on Earner Program Logistics, you will solve high-stakes optimization and marketplace problems at the boundary of digital algorithms and physical-world delivery. Operating as a technical multiplier, you will shape the science strategy for core marketplace decisions—ensuring algorithms optimize for long-term platform value and are incentive compatible.

In this role, you will support the end-to-end scientific vision for complex logistics systems, partnering with teams across all of Uber to build a balanced, resilient, and highly efficient marketplace for eaters, merchants, and couriers globally.

What you’ll do

  • Translate strategically important, unstructured problems into rigorous experiments and productionized solutions that move the needle for the Uber Eats business.
  • Drive the end-to-end product development lifecycle from a science and data perspective, solving business challenges using Causal Inference and Optimization.
  • Set the science strategy and experimentation standards across multiple teams, ensuring scientific rigor and driving organization-wide adoption of best practices.
  • Act as a technical multiplier , identifying opportunities for better performance, efficiency, and reduction of technical debt in models and processes.
  • Influence executive-level roadmaps by presenting complex technical findings and long-term strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Own the technical trajectory of critical product areas, ensuring solutions are designed to be extensible, modular, and observable while balancing short-term needs and long-term productivity.

Basic Qualifications

  • Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other quantitative fields.
  • 5+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (or 3+ years with a Ph.D.).
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (eg. R, Python, Java, Ruby, Scala/Spark or Perl).
  • Experience designing experiments and interpreting results across a variety of key performance indicators.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ph.D. degree in a quantitative field such as Machine Learning, Operations Research, or Statistics.
  • Outstanding communication skills with a track record of influencing leadership and technical teams through storytelling and data-driven insights.
  • Experience leading high-complexity technical projects and substantially influencing the scope and output of others.
  • Proven ability to work efficiently with large-scale datasets (e.g., 100M+ rows) using Spark, Hive, or HDFS.
  • Thought leadership to drive multi-functional projects from initial concept to production.

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $190,000 per year - USD $211,000 per year.

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 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.

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.

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About Uber

We are Uber. The go-getters. The kind of people who are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything and earn their way. Movement is what we power. It’s our lifeblood. It runs through our veins. It’s what gets us out of bed each morning. It pushes us to constantly reimagine how we can move better. For you. For all the places you want to go. For all the things you want to get. For all the ways you want to earn. Across the entire world. In real time. At the incredible speed of now.

The idea for Uber was born on a snowy night in Paris in 2008, and ever since then our DNA of reimagination and reinvention carries on. We’ve grown into a global platform powering flexible earnings and the movement of people and things in ever expanding ways. We’ve gone from connecting rides on 4 wheels to 2 wheels to 18-wheel freight deliveries. From takeout meals to daily essentials to prescription drugs to just about anything you need at any time and earning your way. From drivers with background checks to real-time verification, safety is a top priority every single day. At Uber, the pursuit of reimagination is never finished, never stops, and is always just beginning.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
uber.com
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