Data Scientist

Lyft

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Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $195,000–$222,000 / yr
Posted: 10 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 76% of similar roles. Most pay $126,800–$204,050 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $208k versus about $165k for comparable roles.

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About Lyft

Lyft is a transportation network company offering ride-hailing services across the US and Canada.

Lyft currently has 35 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,000–$185,000 across 31 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Data Scientist

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The Data Scientist will join the team to partner with engineers, product managers, and business partners to frame problems mathematically and within a business context. The role involves performing exploratory data analysis, collaborating with software engineers to implement algorithms and analytics events in production, and designing both simulated and live traffic experiments. Key responsibilities include analyzing experimental and observational data to communicate findings and facilitate launch decisions. The successful candidate will utilize skills in statistics, business forecasting, and authoring data pipelines to create metrics, analytical dashboards, and tools for tracking growth. Required technical competencies include writing production queries and experiment design. This position focuses on solving operational problems through data-driven insights and rigorous experimental analysis within the company's core product and operations framework.

What does a Data Scientist earn in California?

Median $214500 from 114 postings across 26 companies.

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Skills

Data Science Statistics data pipelines Experiment Design Exploratory Data Analysis Metrics Analytical Dashboards Operations Research Production Queries

What you'll do

Frame business problems mathematically in partnership with engineering and product teams.
Perform exploratory data analysis to gain a deeper understanding of specific problems.
Implement algorithms and analytics events in production with software engineers.
Design and run both simulated and live traffic experiments.
Analyze experimental and observational data to communicate findings.
Facilitate launch decisions based on data analysis.
Create metrics, analytical dashboards, and tools to track and monitor growth.
Author data pipelines and write production queries.

What we're looking for

Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Physics, Data Science, or a related field.
2 years of experience in the job offered, 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 with writing production queries and experiment design and analysis.

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