Uber Freight

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AppliedScientistIII

$124–152k United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Applied Scientist III at Uber Freight. Skills: Machine Learning, Causal Inference, Statistical Modeling, Optimization. Develop statistical approaches. Implement statistical approaches”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve performance; Enhance product experience; Drive business insights; Inform decision-making; Identify improvement opportunities; Draw impactful conclusions; Assist product ideation; Assist feature launch

Industry & Context.

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Problems you'll solve

Solve complex business problems; Solve ambiguous business problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, 3 years of related experience, Expertise in observational causal inference, Demonstrated proficiency in Python or R, Proficiency in SQL, Proficiency in building data pipelines

Nice to Have

Master's or Ph. D, Expertise in time series analysis, Experience working on pricing algorithms, Proficiency in designing online experiments

What You'll Do.

Develop statistical approaches

Implement statistical approaches

Develop machine learning approaches

Implement machine learning approaches

Develop optimization approaches

Implement optimization approaches

Apply modeling skills

Enhance core product experience

Build prototypes to business problems

Productionize solutions

Solve ambiguous business problems

Propose data analysis frameworks

Guide data analysis frameworks

Understand product performance

Identify improvement opportunities

Analyze causal factors

Design product experiments

Interpret experiment results

Provide recommendations

Build data-driven products

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with Product teams; Collaborate with Operations teams; Collaborate with Engineering teams; Cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Communicate findings; Communicate insights

Full Job Description

Schedule: Full Time Employment Job Type: Hybrid Salary Type: Salary Req #: 2520 About the Role As an Applied Scientist III at Uber Freight, you will develop and implement advanced statistical, economic, machine learning, and optimization approaches to solve complex business problems and improve performance. You will apply modeling skills and data-driven methods to enhance our core product experience and top line business metrics. You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Operations, and Engineering teams to turn insights into impact. What the Candidate Will Do Develop creative solutions and build prototypes to business problems using algorithms based on causal inference, statistics, machine learning, and optimization. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to productionize these solutions and create a lasting impact. Drive clarity and solve ambiguous, challenging business problems using data-driven approaches, with an emphasis on understanding causal relationships when applicable. Propose and guide robust frameworks of data analysis to drive business insights and inform decision-making. Contribute to establishing standard methodologies for data science, including modeling, coding, analytics, and experimentation. Leverage data to understand product performance and identify improvement opportunities, including analyzing potential causal factors. Design product experiments and interpret results to draw detailed and impactful conclusions. Communicate findings and insights to senior management and cross-functional teams. Provide recommendations to assist quick product ideation and feature launch decisions. Build intelligent data-driven products to provide the best user experience. Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science, or another related field 3 years of related experience Expertise in observational causal inference, econometric, and statistical models Demonstrated proficiency in pr

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