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Uber Staff Scientist - Airports in Seattle, Washington
About the Role
The Airports team strives to create the best possible experience for our Riders, Drivers, and Airport Partners. We work across Uber's entire tech stack, including Pricing, Matching, Maps, and Rider/Driver Experience, and are looking for a Staff Scientist who can generate insights to determine our overarching strategy and investment allocations across these key pillars.
What you'll do:
Deploy a wide variety of methodologies, including causal inference techniques, funnel analyses, and econometric modeling to identify our largest business opportunities
Work together with Product, Operations, and Engineering partners to design a roadmap of features and initiatives as well as the long-term team strategy
Present findings to business and executive audiences
Basic Qualifications
Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
Strong SQL skills and ability to code in either Python or R.
Experience in experimental design and analysis (e.g., A/B and/or market-level experiments).
Preferred Qualifications:
6+ years of industry experience as a Data Scientist or equivalent.
Ability to design, develop, productionize, and operate econometric models, experiments, and frameworks to assess challenging causal problems such as product incrementality and long-term value.
Familiarity with pricing and elasticity modeling.
Strong business and product sense: delight in shaping vague questions into well-defined analyses and success metrics that drive business decisions.
Experience collaborating with very senior stakeholders (Director+) and generating insights to shape strategy.
Familiarity with data visualization tools, such as Tableau.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$203,000 per year - USD$225,500 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$203,000 per year - USD$225,500 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