Uber Data Scientist II FinTech 

United States, West Virginia 

809293797

About the Role

You will shape the direction of Uber’s financial platforms by doing the following:

1. Work with key business stakeholders in mining and analyzing financial data to extract key trends and insights.
2. Build effective visualizations to communicate data to key decision-makers.
3. Build models to detect anomalies and resolve financial imbalances; investigate and resolve data discrepancies between systems.
4. Understand critical interdependencies across functions and divisions, and grasp the short and long-term trade-offs of business decisions.
5. Build end to end data pipelines and self serving dashboards. Automate whatever you can!
6. Communicate your findings to cross-functional peers and management.
7. Get a deep understanding about the FinTech systems and data flows involved; document and train Internal personnel to institutionalize the learnings of the data science practice.

- - - - Basic Qualifications ----

1. M.S. or Bachelors degree in Math, Economics, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or other quantitative fields.
2. 4+ years of industry experience as a Data Scientist or equivalent.
3. Advanced SQL expertise
4. Experience in Python or R
5. Proven ability to handle and visualize large datasets, explore and utilize raw data feeds, extracting insights from data, and summarizing learnings / takeaways.
6. Experience with Excel and some dashboarding/data visualization (i.e. Tableau, Mixpanel, Looker, or similar)

- - - - Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Demonstrated aptitude toward data storytelling and root cause analysis using data
2. Enthusiastic, self-starting and thrives in changing, agile environments
3. Liaise with Product and engineering counterparts to launch and impact new products
4. Strong communication and organization skills
5. Ability to multi-task while maintaining quality and detail
6. Prior experience working in Finance, FinTech, Tax, Payments or a related area is a plus

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$140,000 per year - USD$156,000 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 .