Staff Scientist, Merchant
UberSan Francisco, United StatesPosted 8 March 2026
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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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