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Data Scientist, Algorithms - Lyft Ads

Lyft · San Francisco, CA

Lyft is hiring for Data Scientist, Algorithms - Lyft Ads in San Francisco, CA. What you'll do: deployment / devops and testing / qa, work across the infrastructure and media domains. Qualifications: a PhD and familiarity with Python, Snowflake, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and Apache Spark. Fully remote, paying $128K–$160K.

Hiring signals for Data Scientists

SOC 15-2051 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

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/ 100
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Data Scientists Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($184k vs $135k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 22% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (31% appear duplicated)

Data Scientists job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Data Scientists.

  • 1,021Active postings
  • 16Posted this week
  • 372Open 30+ days36% of active
  • 177Remote / hybrid17% of active
  • 16%List salary168 of 1,021
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $184kMedian annual (max)
  • —Median hourly (max)
  • 18dMedian agep90 59d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Data Science972$184k n=165—
ML / AI Engineering11——
VP8——
Director7——
Engineering1——

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time51$196k n=27—
Contract26$200k n=9—
Part-time20$117k n=20—
Intern13——

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology616$185k n=131—
Financial Services296$187k n=22—
Manufacturing133——
Media & Entertainment96$180k n=35—
Retail93$183k n=45—

Top categories

  • Data Science972
  • ML / AI Engineering11
  • VP8
  • Director7
  • Engineering1
  • Data Analyst1

In-demand skills

  • Python308
  • SQL228
  • Apache Spark109
  • TensorFlow94
  • PyTorch87
  • AWS85
  • scikit-learn72
  • Azure61

Top sectors

  • Technology616
  • Financial Services296
  • Manufacturing133
  • Media & Entertainment96
  • Retail93
  • Transportation & Logistics78

Employment mix

  • Unspecified911 · 89%
  • Full-time51 · 5%
  • Contract26 · 3%
  • Part-time20 · 2%
  • Intern13 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Category
Data Science
Salary
$128k–$160k · remote
Source
app.careerpuck.com
Original link
https://app.careerpuck.com/job-board/lyft/job/8330398002?gh_jid=8330398002
ATS
Greenhouse
Posted
4 months ago (2025-12-10)
Status
active

Skills: Python, Snowflake, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Apache Spark

Topics: Infrastructure, Media

Activities: Deployment / DevOps, Testing / QA

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