Sr Scientist, Tech - Science

About the Role

As a Senior Scientist working on Earner Program Logistics, you will solve high‑stakes optimization and marketplace problems at the boundary of digital algorithms and physical‑world delivery. Operating as a technical multiplier, you will shape the science strategy for core marketplace decisions—ensuring algorithms optimize for long‑term platform value and are incentive compatible. You will support the end‑to‑end scientific vision for complex logistics systems, partnering with teams across Uber to build a balanced, resilient, and highly efficient marketplace for eaters, merchants, and couriers globally.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategically important, unstructured problems into rigorous experiments and productionized solutions that move the needle for the Uber Eats business.
• Drive the end‑to‑end product development lifecycle from a science and data perspective, solving business challenges using causal inference and optimization.
• Set the science strategy and experimentation standards across multiple teams, ensuring scientific rigor and driving organization‑wide adoption of best practices.
• Act as a technical multiplier, identifying opportunities for better performance, efficiency, and reduction of technical debt in models and processes.
• Influence executive‑level roadmaps by presenting complex technical findings and long‑term strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Own the technical trajectory of critical product areas, ensuring solutions are designed to be extensible, modular, and observable while balancing short‑term needs and long‑term productivity.

Basic Qualifications

• Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other quantitative fields.
• 5+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (or 3+ years with a Ph.D.).
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., R, Python, Java, Ruby, Scala/Spark, or Perl).
• Experience designing experiments and interpreting results across a variety of key performance indicators.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. degree in a quantitative field such as Machine Learning, Operations Research, or Statistics.
• Outstanding communication skills with a track record of influencing leadership and technical teams through storytelling and data‑driven insights.
• Experience leading high‑complexity technical projects and substantially influencing the scope and output of others.
• Proven ability to work efficiently with large‑scale datasets (e.g., 100M+ rows) using Spark, Hive, or HDFS.
• Thought leadership to drive multi‑functional projects from initial concept to production.

Pay

• Base salary range (NYC, NY and San Francisco, CA): USD $190,000 – $211,000 per year.
• Eligibility to participate in Uber’s bonus program.
• Potential equity award and other forms of compensation.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan eligibility for all full‑time employees.
• Access to a range of benefits (health, dental, vision, etc.).
• Eligibility for bonuses, equity, and other compensation components.
• Office‑based collaboration expectations: unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in‑office; some roles require full‑time in‑office presence.