About the company
At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. With a billion rides per year and counting, Lyft is solving hard problems in a rapidly growing domain with a lot of data and creative solutions in Rider, Driver, Marketplace, and beyond. The Fulfillment group, within the Marketplace at Lyft, is responsible for determining what inventory can be reliably offered for a given rider session and fulfilling rider requests.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy machine learning models for real-time applications, including translating state-of-the-art research into production-ready solutions.
- Design and implement feature pipelines, model training workflows, and serving infrastructure using Lyft's ML platform.
- Evaluate ML system performance against business KPIs, run experiments, and drive continuous model improvement.
- Partner with ML engineers, product managers, data scientists, and software engineers to align ML initiatives with business goals.
- Leverage data-driven insights to inform and refine ML strategies and solutions.
- Write production-level code and participate in code reviews.
Requirements
- BS/MS in Computer Science, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in machine learning modeling or related fields.
- Experience with deep learning technologies for recommendation systems, including TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar frameworks.
- Understanding of statistical concepts such as hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and performance evaluation metrics for machine learning.
- Experience with translating state-of-the-art ML research into production systems.
- Proficiency in Python, Golang, or other programming language.
- Proven ability to tackle ambiguous problems and deliver solutions at scale.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective cross-functional collaboration.
Conditions
- Hybrid schedule — expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
- Flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year.
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
- Mental health benefits.
- Family building benefits.
- Child care and pet benefits.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- 12 observed holidays, discretionary paid time off for salaried team members, 15 days paid time off for hourly team members.
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Subsidized commuter benefits.
- Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership.
- Expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $140,800 - $176,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits.