Senior Data Scientist, Lyft
Algorithms, Primetime Pricing
$148-185k
Salary applicable for candidates based in San Francisco, may vary in other locations
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3 days a week in office
Ride sharing company
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Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$148-185k
Salary applicable for candidates based in San Francisco, may vary in other locations
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
- Data Scientist with experience in Machine Learning, Statistics, Economics, or other quantitative fields
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or other quantitative fields
- 1-4+ years of professional experience for PhDs or 3-5+ years for Master’s in a Data Science role
- Passion for solving unstructured and non-standard mathematical problems
- End-to-end experience with data, including querying, aggregation, analysis, and visualization
- Proficiency with Python, or another interpreted programming language like R or Matlab
- Proficiency in SQL - able to write structured and efficient queries involving multiple large data sets
- Ability to collaborate and communicate with others to solve a problem
- Strong oral and written communication skills, and ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners
- Experience in causal inference, LTV modeling, econometrics, or user choice modeling preferred
What the job involves
- The Marketplace team at Lyft is responsible for accelerating the growth of the business while simultaneously delivering on key business and financial metrics, and Prime Time & Offer Selection is an integral part of that
- Our team is the dynamic pricing team responsible for leveraging both real-time and historical data to set prices for every single ride at Lyft while balancing prices and ETAs to better serve our riders’ needs
- We are looking for fast learning, data-driven individuals who are passionate about tackling these open-ended problems in pricing theory and making a large, positive impact in the business
- In this role, you will work closely with Product and Engineering on a cross-functional team to prototype and build end-to-end dynamic pricing models that can operate at scale
- In addition, you will be expected to leverage your domain knowledge and influence existing and future roadmaps to help Lyft continue to deliver a better experience for riders and drivers
- Partner with other scientists, colleagues in the pricing team, and with external teams to formalize problems mathematically and within the business context
- Perform complex data analysis to gain a deeper understanding of problems by identifying their root causes
- Develop and fit statistical, machine learning, or optimization models
- Write production code; collaborate with Software Engineers to ship models to production
- Design and implement both simulated and live experiments
- Analyze experimental and observational data; facilitate launch decisions
- Communicate findings to a broad audience consisting of Product, Engineering, and executive leadership
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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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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