Lyft

Staff Data Scientist

Lyft$176K — $220K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • M.S. with 6+ years or Ph.D. with 4+ years of experience in a quantitative field.
  • Strong proficiency in SQL for managing large datasets.
  • Fluency in Python or R, particularly with data science and visualization libraries.
  • Technical leadership experience in data science, interfacing with executives.
  • Proven ability to design and analyze complex A/B experiments.
  • Exceptional oral and written communication skills for stakeholder engagement.
  • Ability to develop relationships and collaborate with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Drive strategic roadmap across Rider Segments and Partnerships.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing to develop new data-driven products.
  • Define and maintain objectives to align with Rider and Marketplace goals.
  • Apply advanced analytics and modeling to influence decision-making.
  • Shape business strategy through impactful data presentations.
  • Serve as a thought leader and mentor for junior data scientists.
  • Provide technical guidance and conduct code reviews.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
  • Mental health support and resources.
  • Family building initiatives and child care benefits.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching contributions.
  • Paid parental leave for all types of parents.
  • Generous paid time off policies including discretionary vacation.
  • Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft credits.
Full Job Description
As a Data Scientist, Decisions in the Rider team, you will leverage data and apply analytical thinking and inference to shape our rider and partner product vision and make business decisions that put our customers first. You will identify improvement opportunities, propose and implement technical solutions, design experiments, and measure the impact of your team's decisions. You will partner closely with product, engineering, design, research, marketing and business development to deliver products end-to-end. You will also collaborate and build alignment with adjacent teams outside of Rider to balance driver, rider and marketplace needs. We're looking for well-rounded, passionate, driven Data Scientists to take on some of the most interesting and impactful problems in ridesharing.
Responsibilities:
  • Drive roadmap across Rider Segments, Loyalty and Partnerships teams. Be a primary participant in defining team goals and setting the priorities of projects for the team to address.
  • Partner with org leads in product, engineering, UX research, design and marketing to initiate, design, develop and scale zero-to-one products and drive business strategy through data-centric presentations
  • Define and maintain key objectives to align with the overarching goals of Rider, Marketplace and Lyft.
  • Apply modeling, advanced analytics, experimentation and causal inference techniques to drive decision-making at Lyft.
  • Drive cross-org impact and alignment, shaping product and business strategy through data-centric presentations
  • Advise teams on best practices. Be a thought leader and go-to expert for stakeholders and dependency teams
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members on solution design, implementation, as well as lead code reviews.
Experience:
  • M.S. and at least 6 or Ph.D. and at least 4 years of relevant work experience
  • Degree in economics, applied math, statistics, engineering or other quantitative fields; strong preference for M.S.+
  • Proficiency in SQL - able to write structured and efficient queries on large data sets
  • Fluency in programming, especially with data science and visualization libraries in Python or R
  • Technical leadership experience with a team of decisions and algorithms data scientists, interfacing VP or C-level executives.
  • Experience designing and analyzing complex A/B experiments, and communicating results and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders
  • Strong oral and written communication skills (i.e, business writing, presentation building & delivery, executive briefings)
  • Ability to build relationships and collaborate with senior cross-functional stakeholders to drive shared outcomes
  • Experience working with ETL pipelines a plus
Benefits:
  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
  • Mental health benefits
  • Family building benefits
  • Child care and pet benefits
  • 401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future
  • In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
  • Subsidized commuter benefits
  • Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership

This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule - Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the New York City area is $176,000 - $220,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

About Lyft

Lyft is a transportation network company that was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates a mobile app that allows users to request rides from nearby drivers. Lyft provides ride-hailing services in the United States and Canada, and it has expanded into other transportation services, such as bike-sharing and scooter-sharing. The company is known for its pink mustache logo, which was replaced by a glowing dashboard mustache in 2015. Lyft went public in March 2019.
Learn more about Lyft
Size
4,453 employees
Market Cap
$3.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.7 billion
Founded
2012
5 Year Trend
+56.4%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
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