Scientist II, Uber Direct

About the Role

We’re hiring a Scientist for the Uber Direct team—one of Uber’s fastest-growing and most dynamic business lines. Uber Direct enables merchants, enterprises, and consumers to get anything delivered, from retail returns and prescription deliveries to cross-country shipments. This role offers a rare opportunity to help define a new category of delivery beyond food and mobility, and to reimagine what on-demand logistics can look like at global scale.

In this role, you will serve as a thought partner to cross-functional leaders and help set the scientific strategy for building a healthy, efficient, and scalable three-sided marketplace.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

What the Candidate Will Do

1. Leverage Uber's data to build a best-in-class delivery experience for Uber’s Connect business.
2. Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable insights and effectively communicate findings to executives, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to shape product and business strategy.
3. Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to define and drive a roadmap of high-impact initiatives, ensuring that marketplace design, pricing, and fulfillment strategies are informed by rigorous analysis and competitive intelligence.

Basic Qualifications

1. Using SQL and Python / R to conduct analysis and produce insights
2. Data visualization and communicating technical topics clearly
3. Experimentation and stats foundations

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience in consumer marketplace companies
2. Marketplace experimentation
3. Excellent understanding of statistical principles backed by an academic foundation
4. Modeling and causal inference

For Canada-based roles: Uber may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our recruiting process; however, Uber employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions. This advertisement relates to a current, existing vacancy.

For Canada-based roles: The base salary range for this role is CAD$144,000 per year - CAD$160,000 per year.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$161,000 per year - USD$179,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$161,000 per year - USD$179,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$161,000 per year - USD$179,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$161,000 per year - USD$179,000 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. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity 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.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.