Senior Scientist, Delivery (Multiple Teams)

Senior Scientist, Delivery (Multiple Teams) Full-time, New York About The Role Scientists at Uber use data to improve and automate all aspects of Uber's core rideshare and delivery products. In this role you will join the Delivery team, which owns every element of our delivery experience—from eaters and couriers to merchants. You will use strong quantitative skills to enhance the delivery experience and overall marketplace performance. About the Team (We are hiring for multiple teams) We are building the most preferred online delivery platform globally and driving innovation across a number of areas: Fulfillment: Delivery is the core of our product. We carefully refine a living and breathing marketplace to balance long‑run outcomes with everyday experiences of customers and couriers. Consumer: We help users worldwide find what they need on UberEats by building state‑of‑the‑art recommendation systems and novel user experiences. Ads: Ads is one of the fastest growing lines of business at Uber. We work on end‑to‑end experience across lines of business, from enrolling advertisers to designing auctions and bidding, and integrating ads into the user experience. Offer: We optimize merchant offers by identifying the optimal selection to make the platform affordable to consumers, innovating payment models, and maximizing merchants’ returns through targeting. Merchant: Dedicated to optimizing merchant experience and driving success at every stage of their lifecycle, we make strategic and product decisions that expand merchant selections and maximize value for merchants in our marketplace. What You’ll Do Solve ambiguous, challenging business problems using data‑driven approaches, including ML, optimization, and causal inference. Develop and implement statistical/econometric methodologies to improve results validity, power, and generalizability. Develop data‑driven business insights and work with cross‑functional customers to uncover opportunities and recommend prioritization of product, growth, and optimization initiatives. Design and analyze experiments, presenting results that provide actionable recommendations. Orient teams around data‑driven product development by driving the creation of logging, metrics, data visualization, diagnostic tools, and experimentation paradigms. Define how our teams measure success by developing metrics in close partnership with cross‑functional partners. Own the product development cycle end‑to‑end from data and science aspects. Basic Qualifications Ph.D., M.S., or Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields. Minimum four years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (two years if holding a Ph.D.). Experience in experimental design and analysis, exploratory data analysis, and statistical analysis. Ability to use Python or R to work efficiently at scale with large data sets. Preferred Qualifications Experience managing projects across large, ambiguous scopes and driving initiatives in a fast‑moving, cross‑functional environment. Expertise in synthesizing complex technical analyses into clear insights to influence product direction. Excellent communication skills across technical, non‑technical, and executive audiences. Experience within a delivery or e‑commerce business. For New York, NY‑based roles the base salary range 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 receive an equity award and other types of compensation. All full‑time employees are eligible for a 401(k) plan and various benefits. More details can be found at . #J-18808-Ljbffr SupportFinity™