Staff Scientist, Eats Growth (Economist)

New York, USA (On-site)

$216K/yr – $240K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive experimentation, analytics, and cross-functional decision-making to boost Uber's Eats and Rides growth.

  • Own design, execution, and analysis of large-scale experiments in Uber Eats and Uber Rides.
  • Must-have: strong experimental design and statistical analysis for A/B testing.
  • Standout: cross-functional collaboration with senior leaders.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design, execute, and analyze large-scale experiments within the Uber Eats and Uber Rides apps.
  • Perform analytical deep dives to explore topics including conversion funnels, shopping journeys, personalization & ranking, and user retention.
  • Design frameworks for optimizing tradeoffs across competing business objectives to maximize platform growth.
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Design, and other cross-functional partners to understand user behavior and guide future product strategy.
  • Present findings and recommendations to senior technical and business leaders.

Requirements

  • Ph.D., M.S., or Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
  • Minimum 5 years of industry experience as a Data Scientist or equivalent role (2+ if holding a Ph.D.)
  • Expertise in experimental design and statistical analysis for A/B testing and causal inference.
  • Proficiency in SQL & Python for exploratory data analysis and modeling.
  • Strong analytical skills, with experience extracting user behavior insights from large datasets.
  • Experience with data visualization and dashboarding tools (e.g., Tableau, Matplotlib).

Preferred

  • 6+ years of industry experience, particularly in growth, product, or consumer analytics.
  • Proficiency in causal inference, funnel optimization, user segmentation, or lifetime value forecasting.
  • Experience in algorithm prototyping and development.
  • Exceptional communication skills across technical, non-technical, and executive audiences.
  • Prior experience working on a consumer app or a growth team.

Benefits

  • All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan.
  • You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp.
  • More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.
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