Senior Data Scientist, Decisions - Risk

Lyft

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San Francisco, CA Posted 63 days ago $148,000–$185,000 / year
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As a Data Scientist on Lyft’s Risk Solutions team, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the safety of our community while ensuring the financial stability of our platform. Your responsibilities include leveraging large-scale data to identify opportunities for reducing claims costs, collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Product and Engineering to translate insights into actionable strategies, designing experiments, and developing analytical frameworks to monitor business performance. You will also establish metrics to measure product health and driver experience, and work closely with the Claims team to implement data-driven interventions that optimize long-term risk outcomes. The ideal candidate has a quantitative background, 5+ years of industry experience in data science or analytics, proficiency in SQL and Python, and strong communication skills to influence stakeholders effectively. Experience in insurance claims analytics is beneficial for this role.

Skills

Python SQL AWS R Jupyter Pandas Scikit-learn TensorFlow Keras Git GitHub CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Snowflake Tableau PowerBI

What you'll do

  • Identify high-impact opportunities to reduce total cost of claims using large-scale data.
  • Design and analyze online experiments, communicating results for informed decision-making.
  • Develop analytical frameworks to monitor business performance and product health.
  • Establish metrics to measure the financial resilience and safety impact of products.
  • Collaborate with Claims team to implement data-driven interventions reducing claim costs.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of industry experience in data science, analytics, or management consulting.
  • Degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, actuarial science, economics, applied math, operations research, or engineering (advanced degrees preferred).
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python for data analysis.
  • Ability to design and analyze online experiments and communicate results effectively.
  • Experience with insurance claims analytics beneficial but not required.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $160k
This role $166k
$96k most similar roles pay here $233k

This role pays more than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $126,800–$193,325 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $166k versus about $160k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Lyft

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

Lyft currently has 31 open roles on FindRole.

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

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