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Data Scientist

Lyft · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Lyft

Backed by a16z and Founders Fund.

About the role

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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Physics, Data Science, or related field
  • 2 years of experience in job offered, operations research, or related occupation
  • Experience creating metrics, analytical dashboards, and tools to track and monitor growth
  • Experience with statistics, business forecast and estimates, and authoring data pipelines
  • Experience with writing production queries and experiment design and analysis
More about this role

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.

  • Partner with Engineers, Product Managers, Product Designers, 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.
  • Collaborate with Software Engineers to implement algorithms and analytics events in production.
  • Design and run both simulated and live traffic experiments.
  • Analyze experimental and observational data; communicate findings; facilitate launch decisions.
  • Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Physics, Data Science, or related field.
  • 2 years of experience in job offered, operations research, or related occupation.
  • Experience creating metrics, analytical dashboards, and tools to track and monitor growth.
  • Experience with statistics, business forecast and estimates, and authoring data pipelines.
  • Experience with writing production queries and experiment design and analysis.
  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when...

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