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Uber Scientist II - Courier Pricing team in New York, New York
About the Role
We are hiring an Senior Scientist for the Courier Pricing team! Our team is developing algorithms to find the perfect price every time an agent makes a decision within our marketplace. We use elements of modeling, causal inference, forecasting, and optimization to design prices that dynamically align both customers and partners interests while maximizing on the value created by the marketplace.
What You Will Do
Develop algorithms for optimizing prices at scale.
Design pricing experiments and use data for model training and pricing decisions.
Use data to understand product performance and to identify improvement opportunities.
Present findings to senior management to advise on business decisions.
Collaborate with multi-functional teams across fields such as product, engineering, operations, and marketing to drive system development end-to-end from ideation to productization.
Basic Qualifications
Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathemathics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
Knowledge of underlying mathematical foundations of statistics, machine learning, optimization, economics, and analytics.
Experience with exploratory data analysis, statistical analysis and testing, causal inference or ML model development.
Ability to use Python to work efficiently at scale with large data sets.
Proficiency in languages and tools like SQL, R, and Spark.
Preferred Qualifications
3-5 years of industry experience.
Proven experience as an Applied Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, Product Data Scientist, Research Scientist, Software Engineer, or equivalent.
Experience in algorithm development and prototyping.
Experience in solving an ambiguous business problem in a structured and principled way
Strong communication skills, including through documentation and presentations.
Experience working in a marketplace-related problem space, esp. pricing optimization
Experience designing large-scale price experiments and using the data for pricing decisions.
Experience designing model architectures for pricing algorithms.
For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$149,000 per year - USD$165,500 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$149,000 per year - USD$165,500 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