Uber Data Scientist LatAm Rides Central Ops 

United States, West Virginia 

414924572

About the Role:

Data Science needs to inform much of this work. From models to experiments, operations benefit from scientific precision and technical rigor.

What you'll do:

• Develop creative solutions and build prototypes to business problems using algorithms based on machine learning, statistics, and optimization, and work with engineering/product to productionize those algorithms and create impact in production.
• Drive clarity and solve ambiguous, challenging business problems using data-driven approaches.
• Propose and guide the framework of data analysis to drive business insight and facilitate decisions. Establish standard methodologies for data science including modeling, coding, analytics, and experimentation.
• Leverage data to understand product and/or business performance and to identify improvement opportunities
• Design experiments and interpret the results to draw detailed and impactful conclusions
• Communicate with senior management and multi-functional teams
• Provide recommendations to assist quick product ideation and feature launch decisions.

What you'll need:

• M.S., or Bachelors degree in a quantitative field

• 2+ years of industry experience working as a data scientist or similar

• Experience with productionizing algorithms for real-time systems
• Advanced experience in experimental design and analysis (e.g., A/B and market-level experiments) as well as causal inference
• Experience working in a fast-paced operations environment
• Knowledge of the mathematical foundations of statistics, machine learning, optimization, economics, analytics, and experimental design
• Experience with exploratory data analysis; statistical analysis and testing; and model development
• Ability to use a language like Python to work efficiently at scale with large data
• Proficiency in languages and tools like SQL, Hive, and Spark
• Fluency in English, and fluency in either Spanish or Portuguese

* Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to .