Staff Data Scientist, Decisions - Rider Segment

Socotra, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a passionate Data Scientist to join their Rider team. In this dynamic role, you will leverage data to influence product vision and business decisions, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. This position offers the opportunity to work on impactful projects that shape the future of ridesharing. With a focus on driving strategy through data-centric presentations, you'll play a crucial role in defining team goals and priorities. If you're eager to tackle interesting challenges and make a difference in a fast-paced environment, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options

Mental health benefits

Unlimited paid time off

401(k) plan

18 weeks of paid parental leave

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Lyft Pink benefits

Qualifications

• M.S. with 6+ years or Ph.D. with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and programming in Python or R.

Responsibilities

• Drive roadmap across Rider Segments and Partnerships teams.
• Apply modeling and advanced analytics to drive decision-making.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Data Analysis

A/B Testing

Technical Leadership

Communication Skills

Education

Master's in Economics, Applied Math, Statistics, or Engineering

Ph.D. in a Quantitative Field

Tools

Data Visualization Libraries

ETL Pipelines

Job description

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

Data Science is at the heart of Lyft’s products and decision-making. As a member of the Science team, you will work in a dynamic environment, where we embrace moving quickly to build the world’s best transportation. Data Scientists take on a variety of problems ranging from shaping critical business decisions to building algorithms that power our internal and external products.

As a Data Scientist, Decisions in the Rider team, you will leverage data and apply analytical thinking and inference to shape our rider and partner product vision and make business decisions that put our customers first. You will identify improvement opportunities, propose and implement technical solutions, design experiments, and measure the impact of your team’s decisions. You will partner closely with product, engineering, design, research, marketing, and business development to deliver products end-to-end. You will also collaborate and build alignment with adjacent teams outside of Rider to balance driver, rider, and marketplace needs. We’re looking for well-rounded, passionate, driven Data Scientists to take on some of the most interesting and impactful problems in ridesharing.

Responsibilities:

• Drive roadmap across Rider Segments, Loyalty, and Partnerships teams. Be a primary participant in defining team goals and setting the priorities of projects for the team to address.
• Partner with org leads in product, engineering, UX research, design, and marketing to initiate, design, develop, and scale zero-to-one products and drive business strategy through data-centric presentations.
• Define and maintain key objectives to align with the overarching goals of Rider, Marketplace, and Lyft.
• Apply modeling, advanced analytics, experimentation, and causal inference techniques to drive decision-making at Lyft.
• Drive cross-org impact and alignment, shaping product and business strategy through data-centric presentations.
• Advise teams on best practices. Be a thought leader and go-to expert for stakeholders and dependency teams.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members on solution design, implementation, as well as lead code reviews.

Experience:

• M.S. and at least 6 or Ph.D. and at least 4 years of relevant work experience.
• Degree in economics, applied math, statistics, engineering, or other quantitative fields; strong preference for M.S.+.
• Proficiency in SQL - able to write structured and efficient queries on large data sets.
• Fluency in programming, especially with data science and visualization libraries in Python or R.
• Technical leadership experience with a team of decisions and algorithms data scientists, interfacing with VP or C-level executives.
• Experience designing and analyzing complex A/B experiments, and communicating results and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong oral and written communication skills (i.e., business writing, presentation building & delivery, executive briefings).
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate with senior cross-functional stakeholders to drive shared outcomes.
• Experience working with ETL pipelines a plus.

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Mental health benefits.
• Family building benefits.
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off.
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future.
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program.

Lyft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the New York City area is $172,000 - $215,000. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.