Staff Scientist, Rider Personalization

Uber • Seattle, WA • 3h ago

About the Role

The Rider team is the centerpiece of the Uber consumer experience, owning the core flagship app used by over 100M+ monthly active users.

The Personalization team is looking for a Staff Scientist who can help us innovate on our AIML efforts and tackle the next frontier of challenges in ranking & recommender systems.

As a Scientist, you will leverage your machine learning expertise to transform our homescreen feed, help grow the cross-platform business, and ultimately improve user satisfaction through one of Uber's most impactful channels.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

What You Will Do

Play a tech lead role in framing cross-line-of-business optimizations and architecting novel ML solutions

Proto@type these solutions using Uber's internal ML model development tools

Influence and align engineering & product on the AIML roadmap for homescreen ranking

Help identify system-wide improvements to Uber Rider ranking and recommendations, including adoption of the latest technologies in ranking and recsys

Basic Qualifications

Strong background in designing ML systems for ranking and recommendation

Ability to set up multi-objective optimizations that trade off the needs of different lines of businesses

Comfortable with high degrees of complexity and ambiguity

Deep experience in large-scale consumer tech

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of latest innovations in ranking and recsys including transformer architecture

Understanding of consumer platform businesses

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$216,000 per year - USD$240,000 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$216,000 per year - USD$240,000 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$216,000 per year - USD$240,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$216,000 per year - USD$240,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other @types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.

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- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb_Y9Bv8-lWDMbpidF2GKXsxzNh11wUUVS7fM1znOfEJsVeA/viewform

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