Uber
Scientist II - Marketplace (Multiple Teams)
$161K–$179K
San Francisco, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent; not required with Ph.D.
- Education
- Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
About the job
Own end-to-end data science for Uber marketplace products, using modeling, experimentation, and analytics to solve business problems and guide product decisions.
What you'll do
- Develop data-driven models, insights, metrics, and measurement methods to improve marketplace and product outcomes.
- Design and analyze experiments, then present actionable recommendations to cross-functional partners.
- Drive end-to-end science aspects of product development, including logging, diagnostic tools, and prioritization.
What they ask for
- Degree in Economics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or another quantitative field.
- 2+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent; not required with Ph.D.
- Programming background and proficiency with coding, SQL, and statistical analysis or algorithm prototyping in Python or R.
- Ability to work with large datasets, prototype algorithms and models, and design and interpret experiments.
Nice to have
- Ph.D. in a quantitative field; experience in large-scale marketplace algorithms, membership or consumer growth, or experimentation platforms.
- Experience leading technical or cross-functional projects; for AM&D, experience in autonomous mobility or delivery domains.
Pay
USD $161,000 per year - USD $179,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, R, Java, Ruby, Scala/Spark, Perl, SQL, Go
AI focus
Applies machine learning and optimization to marketplace problems; develops and prototypes models and algorithms.
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