2023 University Graduate - Data Scientist

| San Francisco
Employer Provided Salary: $117,000 Annually
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About the Role
Uber's Data Science teams use data to improve and automate all aspects of our core products, as we drive growth, retention, engagement, and affinity on the Uber platform. This includes providing insight into how pricing and surge is working and offering opportunities for improvement; understanding adoption and engagement with rides and recognizing opportunities for product evolution; crafting and analyzing experiments to understand the effects of matching changes and/or incentives on rider and driver behaviors, conversion and engagement; working with Engineering teams to ensure integrity of our platform, products and data.
This is just a sample of projects we've been working on. There are a lot more! If you're passionate about the vision, the impact, and the opportunities to build the version 0 or 1 solution, this is the team for you.
Here's what's in it for you! You get to use your quantitative skills, obsession and appreciation towards customers, "be your own CEO" demeanor collaborative spirit to work closely with Products, Ops, Engineering, and other Data Scientists to drive the Uber Marketplace roadmap forward, to provide data driven insights to improve our products, to find new opportunities to take our products to the next level.
What You'll Do

  • Develop data-driven business insights and work with cross-functional team members to pinpoint opportunities and recommend prioritization of product, growth, and optimization initiatives.
  • Drive understanding of our users and their interaction with our products, through in-depth analyses of user interaction and engagement, as well as geospatial data.
  • Orient our team around data-driven product development, by driving the creation of logging, metrics, data visualization and diagnostic tools, and experimentation paradigms.
  • Define how our teams measure success, by developing Key Performance Indicators and other user/business metrics, in close partnership with Product Management and other fields such as engineering, operations and marketing

Basic Qualifications

  • B.A., B.S., or M.S. in Statistics, Bioinformatics, Economics, Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Physics or other quantitative field with an anticipated graduation date in Winter 2022 - Fall 2023.
  • Proficiency in SQL.
  • Fundamental understanding of experimental design and statistical methods
  • Ability and experience in extracting insights from data, and summarizing findings and takeaways.
  • Experience with Excel and some dashboarding experience (i.e. Tableau, Mixpanel, Looker).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced degrees are a plus
  • Internship experience is a plus
  • Scripting language (e.g. Python or R) skills
  • Experience with A/B testing
  • Advanced experience with experimental design and statistical methods
  • Willingness to learn new methodologies and adapt to business needs and goals
  • Ability to understand and prioritize business goals and strategies
  • Ability to deliver on timelines and move quickly with cross-functional teams to complete decisions while maintaining attention to detail
  • Hard-working with the ability to work in a self-guided manner coupled with superb organizational skills
  • Attention to detail and willingness to roll up your sleeves with complex data to identify product opportunities and uncover exciting product insights
  • Have a growth mindset; love solving ambiguous, ambitious and impactful problems
  • Ability to communicate successfully and be an excellent partner with team members coming from both technical and non-technical backgrounds

About the Team
The Core Analytics & Science Team (CAS) is Uber's primary science organization, covering both our main lines of business as well as the underlying platform technologies on which those businesses are built. We are a key part of Uber's cross-functional product development teams, helping to drive every stage of product development through data analytic, statistical, and algorithmic expertise.
At Uber, we reimagine the way the world moves for the better. The idea was born on a snowy night in Paris in 2008, and ever since then, our DNA of reimagination and reinvention carries on. We've grown into a global platform moving people and things in ever-expanding ways, taking on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters make movement happen at the push of a button for everyone, everywhere.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.
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.
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.
Uber is committed to a safe workplace. We have implemented COVID-19 safety protocols that meet or exceed local public health guidelines. Workplace safety remains our number one priority. As a result, Uber recommends all US- and Canada-based employees to be vaccinated in order to access any of our facilities; this is subject to change solely at the Company's discretion.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary for this role is $117,000 per year. 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.

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The SF Bay Area has been Uber’s HQ since day one. Today, it houses 3,500+ employees and almost every team has a presence here. We recently opened our new headquarters, adjacent to Chase Stadium. Uber's a hybrid work environment and employees target spending 50% of their time in the office.

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