Data Scientist

At Lyft in the Transportation space, Connecting cities, one ride at a time, for a more equitable future..

<p><em>Job ID: 111268</em></p>

<p><em>At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.</em></p>

<h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2>

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<li>Partner with Engineers, Product Managers, and Business Partners to frame problems, both mathematically and within the business context.</li>

<li>Perform exploratory data analysis to gain a deeper understanding of the problem.</li>

<li>Construct and fit statistical, machine learning, or optimization models.</li>

<li>Write production modeling code; collaborate with Software Engineers to implement algorithms in production.</li>

<li>Design and run both simulated and live traffic experiments.</li>

<li>Analyze experimental and observational data; communicate findings; facilitate launch decisions.</li>

</ul>

<h2><strong>Experience:</strong></h2>

<p>Education and Experience:</p>

<ul>

<li>Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Business Analytics and Information Management, Data Science, or related field.</li>

<li>2 years of experience in job offered, operations research, or related occupation.</li>

</ul>

<p>Skills:</p>

<ul>

<li>Experience creating metrics and analytical tools to track and monitor growth.</li>

<li>Experience with statistics, machine learning, causal inference, data scientific forecasting, and authoring data pipelines.</li>

<li>Experience with building and evaluating optimization and inference models, and predictive modeling.</li>

<li>Experience with writing production quality computer code and using MATLAB, R, and Python.</li>

</ul>

<h2><strong>Benefits:</strong></h

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