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Data Scientist

Lyft · Seattle, WA · 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.

What they're looking for

  • Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or related field
  • 2 years of experience in job offered, Operations Research, or related occupation
  • Experience with solving unstructured and non-standard mathematical problems
  • Experience with end-to-end data including querying, aggregation, analysis, and visualization
  • Experience with Python and other programming languages such as R and MATLAB
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, 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.
  • Construct and fit statistical, machine learning, or optimization models.
  • Write production modeling code.
  • Collaborate with Software Engineers to implement algorithms 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 Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or related field.
  • 2 years of experience in job offered, Operations Research, or related occupation.
  • Experience with solving unstructured and non-standard mathematical problems.
  • Experience with end-to-end data including querying, aggregation, analysis, and visualization.
  • Experience with Python and other programming languages such as R and MATLAB.
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