Uber - Seattle, WA
posted 2 months ago
In this role, you will be a key player in enhancing the Rider Experience at Uber, which is crucial for driving the trip booking funnel within the Rides app. This funnel is responsible for a significant portion of trip transactions and plays a vital role in the company's growth. Your focus will be on algorithmic improvements that assist millions of riders in discovering the right products to facilitate their journeys. You will be part of a team that is dedicated to creating smart and intuitive experiences for users, ensuring that they can easily find and complete rides with the appropriate products based on their intent and context. As a Staff ML Engineer, you will be expected to translate business insights and goals into well-defined machine learning (ML) projects and scalable solutions that deliver tangible impact. This position requires not only technical expertise but also strong communication and leadership skills. You will collaborate with talented individuals across product, science, operations, and platform teams to build and optimize Rider Experience products. Your role will involve defining and driving ML solutions for strategic problems related to product recommendations and merchandising, while also raising the standards of ML engineering within the team. You will be responsible for improving best practices in ML engineering, producing exemplary code, documentation, automated tests, and ensuring thorough monitoring of the systems you develop. Providing technical leadership to a diverse engineering team will be a key aspect of your role, as you manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. Additionally, you will partner with product owners, data scientists, and business teams to translate insights and opportunities into effective technical solutions.