Data Scientist

About the Role

Lyft seeks a Data Scientist in San Francisco, CA. Job ID: 111267.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineers, product managers, product designers, and business partners to frame problems mathematically and within the business context.
• Perform exploratory data analysis to better understand problems.
• Collaborate with software engineers to implement algorithms and analytics events in production.
• Design and run simulated and live-traffic experiments.
• Analyze experimental and observational data, communicate findings, and facilitate launch decisions.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Physics, Data Science, or a related field.
• Two years of experience in the offered role, operations research, or a related occupation.
• Experience creating metrics, analytical dashboards, and tools to track and monitor growth.
• Experience with statistics, business forecasts and estimates, and authoring data pipelines.
• Experience writing production queries and designing and analyzing experiments.

Work Arrangement

• Hybrid schedule with office attendance required on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
• Working in the office at least three days per week is an essential function of the role.
• Flexibility to work from anywhere for up to four weeks per year.

Compensation

• Expected San Francisco base salary: $195,000–$222,000 per year.
• Compensation depends on qualifications, experience, and geographic location.
• The range excludes potential equity, bonus, and benefits.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with additional programs available when enrolled.
• Mental health, family-building, child care, and pet benefits.
• 401(k) plan.
• Twelve observed holidays; discretionary paid time off for salaried team members and 15 days of paid time off for hourly team members.
• Eighteen weeks of paid parental leave for biological, adoptive, and foster parents.
• Subsidized commuter benefits.
• Lyft Pink opportunities to test new Ridership Program benefits.