Senior Scientist, Grocery Consumer

About the Role

A Scientist in our Merchandising team is responsible for designing and implementing data-driven solutions that enhance how we curate and present grocery content, whether algorithmically generated or manually crafted. You'll work on everything from devising ways to incentivize customers to pay for product imagery, to inventing innovative new offer types that elevate our grocery experience.

What You'll Do

The expectation is that you leverage rigorous experimentation and analytics to optimize these initiatives for scalability and overall performance across our platform. By collaborating with cross-functional partners, you'll ensure that our merchandising strategies and user experiences consistently deliver measurable impact for Uber Eats Grocery.

Basic Qualifications

• Ph.D., M.S., or Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
• Minimum 4 years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (2+ years if holding a Ph.D.)
• R or Python coding and ability to develop statistical analysis and algorithm prototyping.
• Design experiments, interpret the results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions.
• Solid theoretical and applied causal inference skills, experience applying them in a practical industry setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to analyze large data sets to identify behavior or system trends and synthesize them to influence product direction.
• Excellent communication skills: able to lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams.
• Experience leading key technical projects and substantially influencing the scope and output of others.
• Track record of engaging senior leadership effectively to build understanding of and consensus for the viewpoints of the team.
• Thought leadership to drive multi-functional projects from concept to production

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$183,000 per year - USD$203,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$183,000 per year - USD$203,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$183,000 per year - USD$203,000 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/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.

Client-provided location(s): San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Sunnyvale, CA

Job ID: Uber-143463

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-14T00:26:33