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Senior Data Scientist, Causal Inference

Lyft San Francisco, CA senior full-time

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Description

The Growth Products team at Lyft drives rider and driver acquisition to scale the business and balance the marketplace. As a Senior Data Scientist expert in causal inference and marketing mix models (MMM), you will lead efforts to measure and optimize investments across marketing channels.

Responsibilities:

  • Deliver results across the entire lifecycle of data science solutions for Growth, from defining problems with cross-functional stakeholders to deploying production models.
  • Own complex domains and develop long-term roadmaps to maximize business impact.
  • Build statistical pipelines, write production code, and design/analyze experiments.
  • Participate in the science on-call rotation to ensure automated campaigns operate successfully.

Experience:

  • Advanced degree in statistics, economics, mathematics, or equivalent industry experience.
  • 4+ years of industry experience in causal inference or data science.
  • Proven ability to apply statistics to unstructured problems and deliver measurable results.
  • Deep technical expertise in causal inference and tackling challenging measurement problems.
  • Expertise in marketing mix modeling is highly preferred.
  • Expertise in SQL and experience with large-scale data platforms.
  • Proficiency in Python and working within production coding environments.

Benefits:

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

Skills

Nice to have

  • marketing mix modeling

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