Data Scientist III - Spot Pricing
About The Position
Uber Freight is seeking a Data Scientist to join its Marketplace Data Science team, focusing on Spot Pricing. The role evaluates and develops the real-time pricing engine used to bid on spot freight offered for auction by shippers. It involves collaborating with product managers, engineers, operations, business stakeholders, and other Data Science team members to solve problems, improve efficiency, and deliver to high organizational standards. The Data Scientist analyzes trends in the digital marketplace, estimates the effects of pricing-algorithm changes before deployment, and designs and evaluates experiments to measure business impact across financial and operational metrics. The role works with large datasets and partners with cross-functional teams to take system development from concept through productization. The position is full-time and hybrid.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of related experience.
- Experience with SQL and Python.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree with 3 years of experience, or bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience.
- Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow.
- Experience with Spark.
- Advanced knowledge of experimental design and non-experimental causal inference techniques.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Experience in a digital marketplace and/or dynamic pricing domain.
Responsibilities
- Analyze emerging trends in the digital marketplace.
- Perform statistical analysis to estimate the impact of pricing-algorithm changes before deployment.
- Design, execute, and analyze A/B and marketplace experiments to measure the business impact of pricing-algorithm changes on financial and operational metrics.
- Work efficiently at scale with large datasets.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, operations, and other cross-functional teams to drive system development from conceptualization through productization.
Benefits
- Company-sponsored health plan for eligible U.S. employees working more than 30 hours per week.
- Dental and vision benefits for eligible U.S. employees working more than 30 hours per week.
- 401(k) match for eligible U.S. employees working more than 30 hours per week.
- Financial and mental wellness benefits.
- Parental leave.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Life insurance.
- Potential eligibility for a performance or sales incentive bonus program.
- Potential participation in Uber Freight equity awards.
- Other types of compensation depending on the role.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
