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.

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.
Production Deployment: Partner closely with Engineering to build and scale production-grade ML systems.
Experimentation & Rigor: Define offline/online metrics, evaluation frameworks, and A/B testing strategies.
System Optimization: Continually improve model performance across latency, accuracy, cost, and reliability.
Algorithmic Innovation: Drive scientific excellence by introducing modern techniques in ML, optimization, reinforcement learning, or graph-based methods.
Cross-Functional Influence: Translate complex business challenges into concrete algorithmic solutions.
Mentorship & Quality Bar: Mentor junior and mid-level scientists, providing technical guidance.

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.

Senior Data Scientist, Algorithms, Lyft Biz

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