Senior Scientist, Merchant

About the Role

The Uber Eats Merchant team helps restaurants build successful online food businesses through the power of Uber's network and marketplace. As a member of the Science team, you will use data to understand how we can build better products and have an impact on over 1.5 million restaurants.

What You'll Do

• Use data to uncover insights about our product and business. Apply models and statistics where appropriate to increase the rigor of our insights.
• Design and run experiments to test hypotheses and ship impactful features to the marketplace.
• Synthesize and present information to influence non-technical partners and the product roadmap.
• Measure the team's progress through metrics design and goal-setting.

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

• Marketplace or consumer technology experience.
• Modeling and causal inference.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$190,000 per year - USD$211,000 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.

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

Job ID: Uber-151706

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-02-01T19:57:03