Lyft
Data Scientist
$130K–$192K
Seattle, WA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Seattle, Washington, United States - Experience
- 2 years of experience in the job offered, Operations Research, or a related occupation.
- Education
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or related field.
About the job
Uses data analysis, statistical and machine-learning models, and experiments to inform product and business decisions and implement algorithms in production.
What you'll do
- Frame problems with engineering, product, and business partners; perform exploratory data analysis and build models.
- Write production modeling code and collaborate with software engineers to implement algorithms.
- Design and analyze experiments and observational data, communicate findings, and facilitate launch decisions.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or a related field.
- Experience solving unstructured and non-standard mathematical problems.
- Experience with end-to-end data, including querying, aggregation, analysis, and visualization.
- Experience with Python and other programming languages such as R and MATLAB.
Pay
$129,709 - $192,000/year USD base salary
Tools
Python, R, MATLAB
AI focus
Construct and fit statistical, machine learning, or optimization models.
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