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SeniorFull-timePythonData Science
Salary Range
$143,650 - $194,350 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Data Scientist to join the Central Market Management team at Lyft. This role involves leading key initiatives to enhance decision-making quality and working cross-functionally with various teams to ensure financially efficient business scaling.
Key Responsibilities
- →Leverage data and analytical frameworks to identify opportunities for improving operational efficiency
- →Define and implement decision frameworks, measurement strategies, and scientific methodologies for business decisions and forecasts
- →Deliver integrated, high-quality analytical outputs across multiple projects while navigating ambiguity and cross-team dependencies
- →Define and implement a robust attribution framework to evaluate the performance of high-stakes decisions
- →Act as a technical lead, guiding other Data Scientists and fostering a culture of analytical excellence
- →Write efficient, clean, production-level code (Python, SQL) ensuring reproducibility and long-term maintainability
- →Contribute to the Science community, helping make Decision Science at Lyft more effective and scalable
Requirements
- ✓Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related discipline
- ✓5+ years of industry experience in decision science, analytics, statistics, or data science
- ✓Demonstrated ability to independently own multi-project analytical scopes with ambiguous problem definitions
- ✓Expertise in metric design, diagnostic analysis, forecasting, behavioral analytics, decision frameworks, and measurement strategy
- ✓Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, and tools for data manipulation, statistical modeling, visualization, and reproducible pipelines
- ✓Ability to translate complex analytical insights into clear, actionable recommendations
- ✓Proven success driving alignment and influencing cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments
- ✓Strong communication, critical thinking, and prioritization skills
- ✓Demonstrated impact as a peer mentor, reviewer, and thought partner
- ✓Experience working with financial data is a plus
- ✓Experience building and scaling monitoring systems and business health dashboards
Benefits
- ★Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- ★Mental health benefits
- ★Family building benefits
- ★Child care and pet benefits
- ★401(k) plan
- ★Paid time off
- ★18 weeks of paid parental leave
- ★Subsidized commuter benefits
- ★Lyft Pink membership
