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Uber Senior Applied Scientist - Grocery & Retail in New York, New York
About the Team
Across thousands of storefronts each with thousands of products, Uber Grocery needs to decide exactly what products to show you, how to price them, and how to balance the tricky tradeoffs that come with delivery logistics. We build systems that deeply understand our products, users, and merchants to optimize the marketplace for all parties.
What you will do
We are looking for an experienced scientist who relishes the opportunity to develop novel approaches and apply them at Uber's scale. Specifically, in this role, you will develop solutions to understand the customer experience and preferences as it relates to grocery pricing, fees, and promotions to improve the Uber shopping experience as well as the overall marketplace performance.
You will collaborate with other scientists, product managers, and business teams to understand the challenges in our space, then tackle problems that no one else has solved yet. We expect you to deliver end-to-end solutions rather than algorithms, and you will work closely with the engineers on the team to productionize, scale, and deploy your models world-wide.
Basic Qualifications
Ph.D., M.S., or Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
3+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent.
Experience in experimental design and analysis.
Experience with exploratory data analysis, statistical analysis and testing, and model development.
Experience using Python to work efficiently at scale with large data sets.
Proficiency in SQL.
Preferred Qualifications
4+ years of industry experience.
Experience in Pricing
Experience in Consumer Choice Modelling
Experience in Mechanism Design
Comfort with structured experiments and field experimentation
For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$174,000 per year - USD$193,500 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$174,000 per year - USD$193,500 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb_Y9Bv8-lWDMbpidF2GKXsxzNh11wUUVS7fM1znOfEJsVeA/viewform