San Francisco, CA•San FranciscoCaliforniaUnited StatesNorth America•May 14, 2024
At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.
Data Science is at the heart of Lyft’s products and decision-making. Data Scientists at Lyft work in dynamic environments, where we embrace moving quickly to build the world’s best transportation. We take on a variety of problems ranging from shaping long term business strategy with data, making short-term business critical decisions and building algorithms that power our internal and external products.
Lyft has a uniquely diverse and dynamic marketplace, spanning multiple lines of business like Rideshare, Bikes and Fleet. As the Head of Data Science for Risk Modeling at Lyft, you will be responsible for helping Lyft build a robust and secure platform, resilient to both online and offline risks. You will be leading a team of data scientists who will be developing and deploying models to evaluate and mitigate risk across Lyft’s varied lines of business. You’ll partner closely with product, engineering, and business leaders to build and scale our products and systems, shape the long-term strategy and deliver business goals.
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This role is work-from-anywhere, excluding the following states and all U.S. territories: Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Puerto Rico.
Lyft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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