Lyft
Senior Data Scientist, Algorithms, Lyft Biz
$148K–$185K
New York, NY +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 6, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
New York, New York, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining production machine-learning models and optimization systems.
- Education
- Master’s or PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, Optimization, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent applied experience).
About the job
Leads data science and algorithm development across Lyft Business products, building and deploying machine-learning solutions, experimentation, and analytics to improve growth, efficiency, and enterprise outcomes.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end machine-learning, AI, and causal-inference initiatives, from problem formulation through deployment and monitoring.
- Develop experimentation and evaluation frameworks, and optimize production ML systems for performance, reliability, cost, and latency.
- Guide cross-functional work, set algorithmic direction, and mentor other scientists.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining production machine-learning models and optimization systems.
- Master’s or PhD in a related quantitative field, or equivalent applied experience.
- Deep knowledge of supervised and unsupervised learning, ranking/decisioning systems, probabilistic modeling, and causal inference.
- Strong proficiency in Python, modern ML frameworks, and distributed data systems; experience with production ML architectures and rigorous experimentation.
Pay
$148,000 - $185,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Spark, Snowflake, Databricks
AI focus
Leads machine-learning and AI initiatives, including production ML models, optimization, experimentation, and algorithmic methods such as reinforcement learning and graph-based techniques.
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