Data Scientist III - Carrier Fraud

Uber Freight • Chicago, IL

3h • $94,000 - $115,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an exceptionally passionate person to join our Marketplace Data Science team. As a Data Scientist focused on Carrier Fraud, you will be driving the development and evaluation of metrics, products and models to minimize fraud within Uber Freight’s digital marketplace. You will need to collaborate effectively with product managers, engineers, operations, and business stakeholders, and other members of the Data Science team to solve problems, create efficiencies, and successfully deliver against high organizational standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics or related field
• 3 years of related experience
• Experience with SQL, Python

Nice To Haves

• Masters with 3 years of experience or Bachelors with 5 years of relevant experience
• Experience with orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow)
• Experience with Spark
• Advanced knowledge of experiment design and statistical methods
• Strong presentation skills
• Experience working in a digital marketplace and/or fraud domain

Responsibilities

• Perform data analysis to investigate patterns underlying fraud incidents
• Perform statistical analysis to estimate the impact of new fraud prevention techniques before deployment
• Design, execute and analyze A/B and marketplace experiments in order to directly measure the business impact of new fraud prevention products on a variety of metrics
• Work efficiently at scale with large data sets
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as product, engineering, and operations to drive system development end-to-end from conceptualization to productization

Benefits

• Employees working more than 30 hours in the US at Uber Freight are eligible for benefits like a company sponsored health plan, dental and vision benefits, 401k match, financial and mental wellness benefits, parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance and more.
• US based employees may also be eligible for a performance or sales incentive bonus program, participation in Uber Freight equity awards, and other types of compensation depending upon the role.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees