Data Scientist, Lyft
Decisions LUS
CA$108-135k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Ride sharing company
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Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$108-135k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for someone who is passionate about solving mathematical problems with data, and is excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative and collegial environment
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Statistics, Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other quantitative fields or related work experience
- 3+ years professional experience in a technology company setting involving a product
- Passion for solving unstructured and non-standard mathematical problems
- End-to-end experience with data, including SQL querying, aggregation, analysis, and visualization
- Proficiency with Python, ideally including both exploratory analyses/visualizations and building production models , or another interpreted programming language like R
- Ability to collaborate and communicate with others to solve a problem
What the job involves
- The Lyft Urban Solution team is developing the future of micromobility and is looking for a Data Scientist to inform and drive decision-making to help chart the way
- From New York’s Citi Bike to San Francisco’s Bay Wheels, our micromobility systems depend on smart data-informed decisions to operate efficiently and at scale. Analyses, insights, and algorithms guide both planning and operations, and we’re looking for passionate, driven Data Scientists to take on some of the most interesting and impactful problems in micromobility
- The set of problems tackled by the Lyft Urban Solutions Operations Technology Team is incredibly diverse
- They cut across optimization, prediction, simulation, inference, transportation, analytics and mapping. We collaborate with and inform a wide range of stakeholders, from executives to hardware specialists to local market operations teams
- Partner with Engineers, Product Managers, and Business Partners to frame problems, both mathematically and within the business context
- Perform exploratory data analysis to gain a deeper understanding of the problem
- Develop and fit statistical, machine learning, or optimization models
- Write production model code; collaborate with Software Engineers to implement algorithms in production
- Design and implement both simulated and live experiments
- Analyze experimental and observational data; communicate findings; guidefacilitate launch decisions
Our take
Lyft has aimed for consistent growth, making sure to pitch itself as a more reliable and friendly ride-sharing option than its main competitor, Uber. Uber has a greater market share and operates globally, but Lyft hopes to compete by its focus on ride-sharing over Uber's more diversified business approach and as a more rider-friendly and greener alternative to Uber.
Operating only in the USA and Canada, Lyft is in a position of being less affected by global events than Uber but also more vulnerable to local conditions. As an example, while it doesn't face the regulatory hurdles around employment rights that Uber does, it is unable to balance out the cost of the unusually expensive US auto insurance across its operations.
In 2022, Lyft acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a bike-share equipment and technology supplier, allowing Lyft to compete in new verticals and reaffirming its commitment to green transportation. It has also trialed and launched Lyft Assisted, where drivers help passengers from their door into the car to get to medical appointments. These developments chime well with Lyft's unique selling point as a friendlier and more environmentally aware ride-sharing app.
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Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Jun 2018
$600m
LATE VC
Mar 2018
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $4.9bn
Company benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
- Family building benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Zimmer
(Co-Founder)Originally an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Zimmer then founded Zimride which was a private ridesharing company that pivoted into Lyft.
Logan Green
(Co-Founder)Founded Zimride, a private ridesharing company which later pivoted into Lyft.
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