Senior Data Scientist, Decisions - Risk
Lyft - San Francisco, CA
Posted Apr 1, 2026
Benefits
- Parental leave
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- Non-birth-parent leave
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- Family-building benefits
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- Fertility benefits: Not verified
- Adoption assistance: Not verified
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- Mental health support
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- Childcare support
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- Salary
- $148K-$185K From the posting source
- 401(k) match
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Market context
- U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
- $111,944 U.S. median for this role
- Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
- +13.7% - Much faster than average
49% above the BLS role benchmark for data and ml aggregate.
Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Data and ML aggregate by role bucket.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.
Schedule
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- Weekend work
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Company
- Equity
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About this role
Senior Data Scientist, Decisions - Risk San Francisco, CA At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Data Science is at the heart of Lyft's products and decision-making. You will leverage data and rigorous, analytical thinking to shape our products and make business decisions. This will involve identifying and scoping opportunities, shaping team priorities, recommending and implementing technical solutions, designing experiments, and measuring the impact of new features. As a Data Scientist on the Risk Solutions team, you will drive a mission critical to both the safety of our community and the financial resilience of our platform. You'll partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Actuarial and Claims teams to transform complex data into actionable strategies. You will serve as an analytical lead for claims and road safety initiatives, designing experiments and predictive models aimed at reducing accident frequency and claim severity to optimize long-term risk outcomes. If you are a problem-solver eager to apply high-level data science to real-world safety and financial challenges, this role offers a direct path to high-impact innovation. Responsibilities: - Leverage large-scale data and analytic frameworks to identify high-impact opportunities to reduce the total cost of claims. - Partner with product managers, engineers, actuaries, claims, and operators to translate data insights into decisions and action - Construct and fit statistical, machine learning, or optimization models - Design and analyze online experiments; communicate results and act
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