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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026 · Still live on 7 Nov 2026

Senior Data Scientist, Algorithm, Lyft Biz

Lyft San Francisco, CA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$148,000 - $185,000 per year

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Description

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect.

We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead technical initiatives across the entire Lyft Business product suite.

Responsibilities

  • Technical Leadership: Lead complex Machine Learning, AI, and causal inference initiatives across Lyft Business products.
  • End-to-End Modelling: Own the complete lifecycle of algorithmic solutions,from problem formulation, data exploration, and feature engineering to deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
  • Production Deployment: Partner closely with Engineering to build and scale production-grade ML systems, real-time inference services, batch pipelines, and feature stores.
  • Experimentation & Rigor: Define offline/online metrics, evaluation frameworks, and A/B testing strategies to ensure algorithms are reliable, fair, and aligned with business outcomes.
  • System Optimization: Continually improve model performance across latency, accuracy, cost, and reliability using advanced tuning and scientific rigor.
  • Algorithmic Innovation: Drive scientific excellence by introducing modern techniques in ML, optimization, reinforcement learning, or graph-based methods to unlock new product capabilities.
  • Cross-Functional Influence: Translate complex business challenges into concrete algorithmic solutions in close collaboration with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Science teams.
  • Mentorship & Quality Bar: Mentor junior and mid-level scientists, providing technical guidance, conducting modeling critiques, and contributing to Lyft's broader ML standards and tooling.

Experience

  • Master's or PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, Optimization, or a related quantitative field.
  • Industry Background: 5+ years of hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining production machine learning models and optimization systems.
  • Core Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of supervised/unsupervised learning, ranking/decisioning systems, probabilistic modeling, and causal inference.
  • Technical Stack: Strong proficiency in Python, modern ML frameworks, and distributed data systems.
  • Production ML Systems: Hands-on experience building end-to-end ML architectures.
  • Experimental Design: Demonstrated track record of designing rigorous experimentation strategies.
  • Domain Ownership: Proven ability to independently drive multi-project algorithmic scopes.
  • Communication & Leadership: Exceptional ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Mental health benefits
  • Family building benefits
  • Child care and pet benefits
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Discretionary paid time off
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Subsidized commuter benefits
  • Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership

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