Data Scientist – Decision Science (Central Market Management)

About the role

Lyft is seeking an experienced Data Scientist to join the Central Market Management team. In this role you will lead initiatives that improve the quality and financial efficiency of the company’s decision‑making across the marketplace.

Key responsibilities

• Leverage data and analytical frameworks to identify opportunities for improving operational efficiency.
• Define and implement decision frameworks, measurement strategies, and scientific methodologies that bring consistency and rigor to business decisions and forecasts.
• Deliver integrated, high‑quality analytical outputs across multiple projects while navigating ambiguity and cross‑team dependencies.
• Design and maintain a robust attribution framework to evaluate the performance of high‑stakes decisions.
• Act as a technical lead, guiding other Data Scientists and fostering a culture of analytical excellence.
• Write efficient, clean, production‑level code in Python and SQL, ensuring reproducibility and long‑term maintainability.
• Contribute to the science community through hiring, onboarding, documentation, knowledge‑sharing, and tooling improvements.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics) or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of industry experience in decision science, analytics, statistics, or data science with a proven impact on strategy and business outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to own multi‑project analytical scopes with ambiguous problem definitions and cross‑functional integration.
• Experience in metric design, diagnostic analysis, forecasting, behavioral analytics, and decision frameworks is a plus.

Required skills

• Python
• SQL