Data Scientist, Algorithms – Driver XP

At Lyft, our mission is to enhance folks’s lives with the world’s greatest transportation. To do that, we begin with our personal neighborhood by creating an open, inclusive, and various group.

Lyft’s Knowledge Science Staff builds mathematical fashions underpinning the platform’s core providers. In comparison with different know-how firms of an identical measurement, the set of issues that we sort out is extremely various. They reduce throughout optimization, prediction, modeling, inference, transportation, and mapping. We’re hiring motivated consultants in every of those fields. We’re searching for somebody who’s obsessed with fixing mathematical issues with knowledge, and are enthusiastic about working in a fast-paced, revolutionary and collegial setting.

Obligations:

Companion with Engineers, Product Managers, and Enterprise Companions to border issues, each mathematically and throughout the enterprise context.Carry out exploratory knowledge evaluation to achieve a deeper understanding of the issueAssemble and match statistical, machine studying, or optimization fashionsWrite manufacturing modeling code; collaborate with Software program Engineers to implement algorithms in manufacturingDesign and run each simulated and reside visitors experimentsAnalyze experimental and observational knowledge; talk findings; facilitate launch selections

Expertise:

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Statistics, Operations Analysis, Arithmetic, Laptop Science, or different quantitative fields
• 4+ years skilled expertise
• Ardour for fixing unstructured and non-standard mathematical issues
• Finish-to-end expertise with knowledge, together with querying, aggregation, evaluation, and visualization
• Proficiency with Python, or one other interpreted programming language like R or Matlab
• Willingness to collaborate and talk with others to resolve an issue

Advantages:

• Prolonged well being and dental protection choices, together with life insurance coverage and incapacity advantages
• Psychological well being advantages
• Household constructing advantages
• Entry to a Well being Care Financial savings Account
• Along with provincial noticed holidays, group members get 15 days paid time without work, with a further day for every year of service 
• 4 Floating Holidays every calendar 12 months prorated primarily based off of date of rent
• 10 paid sick days per 12 months no matter province
• 18 weeks of paid parental go away. Organic, adoptive, and foster mother and father are all eligible

Lyft proudly pursues and hires a various workforce. Lyft believes that each particular person has a proper to equal employment alternatives with out discrimination due to race, ancestry, hometown, color, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, intercourse, sexual orientation, gender identification, gender expression, age, marital standing, household standing, incapacity, pardoned document of offences, or another foundation protected by relevant regulation or by Firm coverage.  Lyft additionally strives for a wholesome and secure office and strictly prohibits harassment of any type.  Lodging for individuals with disabilities shall be offered upon request in accordance with relevant regulation in the course of the software and hiring course of.  Please contact your recruiter now if you happen to want to make such a request.

This function shall be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Staff Members shall be anticipated to work within the workplace 3 days per week on Mondays, Thursdays and a team-specific third day. Moreover, hybrid roles have the pliability to work from wherever for as much as 4 weeks per 12 months.