Hybrid Data Scientist, Decision Science & Strategy

Lyft; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Mental health benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Lyft Pink program

Job summary

Lyft seeks an experienced Data Scientist to join the Central Market Management team and lead initiatives that enhance the quality of decision-making and scale analytics across the business.

You will work cross-functionally with Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Product Managers, and Finance partners to create strategies, frameworks, and models that deliver financially efficient, impactful outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of industry experience in decision science, analytics, statistics, or data science.
• Ability to own multi-project analytical scopes with ambiguity.
• Expertise in metric design, forecasting, and measurement strategies a plus.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and data manipulation, modeling, visualization, reproducible pipelines.
• Ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations for technical and exec audiences.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication in fast-paced environments.
• Experience with financial data is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Leverage data and analytical frameworks to identify opportunities for improving operational efficiency.
• Define and implement decision frameworks, measurement strategies, and methodologies for consistent decisions and forecasts.
• Deliver integrated analytical outputs across projects while navigating ambiguity and dependencies.
• Define and implement a robust attribution framework to evaluate high-stakes decisions.
• Act as a technical lead, guiding other Data Scientists and fostering analytical excellence.
• Write production-level Python and SQL code with reproducibility and documentation.
• Be proactive with ownership mindset to get things done.
• Contribute to the Science community, aiding growth and scalability of Decision Science at Lyft.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data manipulation

Statistical modeling

Visualization

Reproducible pipelines

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Data tooling

Visualization tools

Job description

Lyft seeks an experienced Data Scientist to join the Central Market Management team and lead initiatives that enhance the quality of decision-making and scale analytics across the business.

You will work cross-functionally with Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Product Managers, and Finance partners to create strategies, frameworks, and models that deliver financially efficient, impactful outcomes.