Staff Scientist, Merchant

Uber
San Francisco, United StatesPosted 8 March 2026

Job Description

Staff Scientist, Merchant Department: Data Science Team: Data Scientist Location: San Francisco, United States Type: Full-Time **About the Role** The mission of the Merchant team is to help merchants realize their full potential on Uber Eats, from onboarding to building a success business. As a Scientist on this team, you will own complex projects from end-to-end, including understanding product performance, running marketplace experiments, building models, and driving tradeoff decisions using data. **What You'll Do** - Generate product insights through analysis to influence decisions and what / how the team builds. - Design and analyze experiments to help the team learn, ship, and measure impact. - Lead product measurement for the team, including metrics design, implementation, and goal setting. - Scale data visibility and access through dashboards or other tools. **Basic Qualifications** - 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 (3+ if holding a Ph.D.) - Expertise in experimental design and statistical analysis for A/B testing and causal inference. - Proficiency in R or 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 Qualifications** - Marketplace experimentation experience within a Delivery or Ecommerce business. - 6+ years of industry experience. - Proficiency in causal inference. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$216,000 per year - USD$240,000 per year. You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link [https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits](https://jobs.uber.c
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