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. Lyft Ads is one of Lyft’s newest and fastest-growing businesses, focused on building the world’s largest transportation media network.

Our mission is to help brands reach riders during key moments of their journey—before, during, and after a ride—by delivering meaningful, contextually relevant ad experiences. We operate at the intersection of mobility data, real-time decision systems, and AI-powered personalization, enabling advertisers to run high-impact campaigns with measurable outcomes. The Pricing team is a centerpiece of Lyft’s marketplace.

The team owns the models and software systems that determine the final prices shown to riders. Working with our business and analytics partners, the team owns tools to ensure Lyft offers competitive prices while making efficient financial trade-offs. Planned Pricing is a fast-growing team within Pricing, focused on setting the most efficient price targets to drive both short term and long term business outcomes.

As a Data Scientist specializing in Algorithms on the Planned Pricing team, you will develop mathematical models for core pricing systems and address diverse problems across optimization, prediction, machine learning, and inference. You will collaborate with cross-functional teammates and stakeholders to enhance algorithms, build and scale our systems, and drive business growth. We are looking for someone who is excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative, and impactful environment, and is adept at balancing complexity and efficiency to translate real world business problems into reliable solutions and decisioning frameworks.

In this role, you will report to a Data Science Manager.

Responsibilities

Benefits

: Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled Mental health

Family building

Child care and pet

401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off 18 weeks of paid parental leave.

Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging.

Data Scientist, Optimization - Pricing