Data Scientist III - Spot Pricing
Summary
Data Scientist on Uber Freight's Marketplace team developing and evaluating the real-time spot pricing engine used to bid on freight auctions. Day to day involves statistical and causal analysis, designing A/B and marketplace experiments, and working with large datasets in SQL and Python alongside product, engineering, and operations.
No immigration sponsorship or transfer available for this role.
About the Role
We are seeking an exceptionally passionate person to join our Marketplace Data Science team. As a Data Scientist focused on Spot Pricing, you will be driving the evaluation and development of the real-time pricing engine we use to bid on spot freight put up for auction by shippers. You will need to collaborate effectively with product managers, engineers, operations, business stakeholders, and other members of the Data Science team to solve problems, create efficiencies, and successfully deliver against high organizational standards.
What the Candidate Will Do
- Perform analysis to understand emerging trends in the digital marketplace
- Perform statistical analysis to estimate the impact of changes to our spot pricing algorithms before deployment
- Design, execute and analyze A/B and marketplace experiments to directly measure the business impact of changes to our pricing algorithms on both financial and operational 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
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics or related field
- 3 years of related experience
- Experience with SQL, Python
Preferred Qualifications
- 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 experimental design and non experimental causal inference techniques
- Strong presentation skills
- Experience working in a digital marketplace and/or dynamic pricing domain
Benefits & Compensation for U.S. Employees
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.
About Uber Freight
Uber Freight helps companies move goods more reliably and efficiently. We bring together the technology, people, and transportation capacity they need, using real‑time data from millions of shipments to guide smarter decisions. That helps customers spot issues early, avoid costly surprises, and deliver on time. Uber Freight works with 1 in 3 Fortune 500 shippers across North America and manages over $17B in freight. Learn more at www.uberfreight.com.
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EEOC
Uber Freight is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards 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.
For Chicago-based roles: The salary range for this role is $99,000.00 - $151,000.00 per year
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