Staff Scientist, Tech

About the role

Being a Staff Scientist at Uber means solving the complex, global-scale puzzle of how millions of people and things move in the real world. You aren't just an individual contributor; you are a technical multiplier operating at the high-stakes intersection of digital systems and physical movement.

What you'll do

• Lead the architecture and design of next-generation algorithms, role-modeling coding best practices and promoting the adoption of key frameworks across the organization
• Set the science strategy and experimentation standards across multiple teams, ensuring scientific rigor and driving organization-wide adoption of best practices
• Act as a technical multiplier , identifying opportunities for better performance, efficiency, and reduction of technical debt in software, models, and processes
• Influence executive-level roadmaps by presenting complex technical findings and long-term strategic recommendations to senior leadership
• Own the technical trajectory of critical product areas, ensuring solutions are designed to be extensible, modular

What you need

• 8–14 yrs of experience
• SQL
• Python
• Statistics
• Spark
• Hive
• PhD or B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA

Good to have

• Machine learning
• System design