We are looking for a Lead Applied Researcher — Pricing to design and evolve dynamic pricing systems for our marketplace. You will develop pricing as a feedback-driven decision system, balancing supply, demand, and business outcomes under uncertainty and delayed signals. Unlike traditional surge-based pricing, our marketplace operates on a unique bid-based pricing model, where prices are shaped through direct negotiation between riders and drivers. This creates a fundamentally different optimization problem, requiring advanced approaches to modeling user behavior, incentives, and marketplace dynamics. • Design and improve dynamic pricing policies, including elasticity and supply/demand response modeling • Frame pricing as a decision system under uncertainty and delayed feedback • Develop, test, and deploy real-time pricing algorithms • Design and analyze A/B experiments to evaluate pricing impact • Productionize models in collaboration with engineering, ensuring scalability and robustness • Monitor system performance, including stability, feedback effects, and long-term behavior • Contribute to methodological choices (e.g., optimization, control, RL-inspired approaches) • 3+ years of experience in Data Science, Applied Research, or algorithmic product optimization, preferably in marketplaces or pricing systems • Strong background in statistics, optimization, and causal inference • Proven ability to move from problem formulation to production-grade solutions • Proficiency in Python, SQL, and experience with production ML systems Nice to Have • Experience with economic modeling (elasticity, auctions, policy design) • Familiarity with control systems, RL, or online optimization • Experience working with real-time, high-load systems • Help us challenge injustice by creating fair choices for millions of people across 1100+ cities in 48 countries • Develop your professional skills with access to mentoring, career consulting, and learning programs • Collaborate with teams around the world and gain international experience through our Global Talent Exchange Program • Engage in company-wide challenges, awards, sports activities, employee-led social impact and volunteering projects • Work alongside people who take initiative, speak openly, and challenge themselves to grow • Improve your language skills through co-financed courses and internal speaking clubs Final benefits may vary depending on the location.