We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead initiatives across the entire Lyft Business product suite. In this role, you will shape the vision, define the roadmap, and drive execution for data science projects that accelerate growth, improve operational efficiency, and deliver measurable value to our partners.

Requirements

Lead multiple Machine Learning and AI initiatives across Lyft Business
Design, develop, and deploy advanced ML models, optimization algorithms, and ranking/decision systems

Own the end-to-end lifecycle of complex modeling solutions
Partner closely with Engineering to build scalable, production-grade systems
Define model evaluation strategies, experimentation plans, and offline/online validation methods
Improve model performance across latency, accuracy, stability, cost, and system reliability
Build and maintain high-quality codebases for models, training pipelines, diagnostics, and simulation frameworks

Drive algorithmic innovation, introducing new techniques in ML, optimization, reinforcement learning, causal inference, or graph-based methods
Collaborate across Product, Engineering, Ops, and Science to translate ambiguous business problems into algorithmic solutions
Mentor junior and mid-level applied scientists and data scientists
Contribute to Lyft’s broader Science community