Utkan Candogan
Staff Scientist and ML Developer at Uber Eats
- Role
- Staff Scientist at Uber
- Location
- Berkeley, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Utkan Candogan
Technical Leader with 10+ years of industry and research experience, focused on large-scale ranking and recommendation systems, feed relevance, grocery ranking, and feed layout management. Proven track record of delivering measurable business impact through strategy, execution, and cross-functional collaboration.Core Competencies:* Technical leadership across high-visibility, cross-organization initiatives* Driving product direction, stakeholder alignment, and investment decision* Thriving in ambiguity by identifying the right problems, shaping clear solutions, and guiding teams toward execution* Driving innovation with a strong focus on product impact, guided by data insights, research and experimentation* Mentoring and empowering teams of engineers, scientists, and cross-functional partnersSkills:* Machine Learning Theory and Practice; including classical ML and Deep Learning* Recommendation Systems* Statistics, Causal Inference, and ExperimentationBefore Uber, Utkan earned high PhD in Convex Optimization from California Institute of Technology in 2019. In 2009, he ranked 4th out of 1.5 million students in the Turkish University Entrance Exam.
Experience
Staff Scientist
Sep 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Home feed ranking, grocery ranking, home feed slot management, experimentation.
Education
Caltech
Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering
2013 — 2014
Bilkent University
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
2009 — 2013
Bilkent University
Minor, Mathematics
2009 — 2013
Caltech
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering - Applied Mathematics
2014 — 2019
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