Applied Data Scientist: Production ML & Experiments

Lyft; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Mental health benefits

Family benefits

Child care

401(k)

PTO

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Lyft Ridership program

Job summary

Lyft in Seattle is seeking a data science professional to partner with Engineers, Product Managers, and Business Partners to frame problems, perform exploratory data analysis, and design production models that drive real-world impact. You will write production modeling code, run traffic experiments, analyze results, and communicate findings to stakeholders.

A Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or related field and 2 years of OR/data science experience are required, with

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or related field.
• 2 years of experience in operations research or related occupation.
• Experience solving unstructured mathematical problems.
• Experience with end-to-end data including querying, aggregation, analysis, and visualization.
• Proficient in Python and other programming languages such as R and MATLAB.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Problem framing

Data analysis

Experiment design

Modeling

Production code

Communication

Launch decisions

Education

Master’s degree in Mathematics/Statistics/Economics or related field

Tools

Python

R

MATLAB

Job description

Lyft in Seattle is seeking a data science professional to partner with Engineers, Product Managers, and Business Partners to frame problems, perform exploratory data analysis, and design production models that drive real-world impact. You will write production modeling code, run traffic experiments, analyze results, and communicate findings to stakeholders.

A Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or related field and 2 years of OR/data science experience are required, with