Senior Applied Scientist

2 days ago

Sunnyvale, California, United States Uber Full time
About the Role

As a Senior Applied Scientist in the Safety and Insurance team at Uber, you will have the opportunity to tackle some of the most complex problems in the industry. Your primary focus will be on developing algorithmic solutions to improve driving safety and reduce incidents on the Uber platform.

About the Team

The Safety and Insurance team is responsible for providing algorithmic solutions to reduce driving incidents on the Uber platform. We leverage large-scale telematics data and cutting-edge machine learning technologies to understand unsafe driving situations and derive insights that can drive and influence safety products.

Responsibilities
  • Develop and lead statistical and machine learning efforts in relation to your projects.
  • Use large-scale data processing such as Spark, Hive, and Uber's proprietary machine learning platform.
  • Collaborate with engineering to write and implement algorithms in production.
  • Design and analyze experimental and observational studies; communicate findings; facilitate launch decisions.
  • Work with a cross-functional team that includes product management, engineering, operations, and others to execute on projects.
Requirements
  • 2+ years of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems.
  • Ph.D. degree in Statistics, Economics, Machine Learning, or other relevant quantitative fields, or M.S./Bachelor's degree plus equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge of experimental design and analysis.
  • Experience with exploratory data analysis and model development.
  • Experience with big data technologies such as AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive, etc.
  • Ability to use Python, SQL, R, or similar technologies to work efficiently with large data sets.
  • Experience communicating qualitative research methods and findings to non-qualitative researchers.
  • Well-honed communication and presentation skills: able to transform a complex quantitative analysis into a succinct executive-level report.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in algorithm development and prototyping.
  • Experience with productionizing algorithms for real-time systems.
  • Experience in working with motor/auto insurance and telematics.
What We Offer

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

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