Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Data Scientist, Rider Team

at Lime

🏢 About Lime

Lime is a leader in micromobility, providing shared electric scooters and bikes that offer eco-friendly alternatives to cars in urban environments. What makes Lime unique is its mission-driven approach to reducing carbon emissions and traffic congestion while making cities more livable. Working here means contributing directly to sustainable transportation solutions that impact millions of riders worldwide.

About This Role

As Senior Data Scientist on the Rider Team, you'll focus on optimizing rider experience and improving retention through experimentation and data analysis. This role is impactful because you'll directly influence key business metrics like rider lifetime value and engagement by designing experiments for onboarding flows, memberships, and loyalty programs. Your work will shape product strategy and roadmap decisions at a company that's redefining urban mobility.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve analyzing experiment results from a new onboarding flow test, meeting with Product partners to define success metrics for a loyalty program initiative, and building Python pipelines to track rider retention patterns. You'll spend time querying rider behavior data in SQL, creating visualizations to communicate findings, and presenting data-driven recommendations to influence the product roadmap for improving rider experience.

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🎯 Who Lime Is Looking For

  • Has 5+ years of product analytics experience with consumer-facing platforms, specifically designing and analyzing A/B tests for user retention and engagement
  • Possesses deep expertise in causal inference methods (like difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, or propensity score matching) and experimental design for complex product ecosystems
  • Demonstrates end-to-end data proficiency from SQL querying and Python data manipulation to creating compelling visualizations and actionable recommendations for product teams
  • Shows experience partnering with Product teams to define success metrics and measurement frameworks for retention-focused initiatives

📝 Tips for Applying to Lime

1

Highlight specific retention projects you've led for consumer platforms, quantifying impact on metrics like user LTV, churn reduction, or engagement lift

2

Showcase your experimental design expertise by describing a complex A/B test you designed, including how you addressed confounding variables and measured causal effects

3

Demonstrate your understanding of Lime's business model by suggesting one specific rider retention opportunity you'd investigate (e.g., first-ride experience optimization or membership program effectiveness)

4

Include a portfolio link or describe a project where you translated complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations that influenced product strategy

5

Tailor your resume to emphasize experience with onboarding flows, loyalty programs, or subscription models—key areas mentioned in the job description

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

["Explain why you're passionate about Lime's mission of eco-friendly urban transportation and how data science can improve rider retention in micromobility", 'Describe a specific retention-focused project where your analysis led to measurable improvements in user experience or business outcomes', 'Highlight your ability to partner with Product teams to define success metrics and translate complex analyses into actionable recommendations', 'Mention your expertise in experimental design and causal inference methods relevant to optimizing rider experience']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Study Lime's current rider offerings (Lime Prime, Lime Pass) and identify potential retention opportunities or pain points
  • → Research urban mobility trends and competitor approaches to rider retention in shared transportation
  • → Analyze public data or case studies about micromobility user behavior patterns and retention challenges
  • → Understand Lime's market position in different cities and how local regulations might impact rider experience optimization

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 How would you design an experiment to test whether a new onboarding flow improves 30-day rider retention?
2 Describe your approach to measuring the causal impact of Lime's membership program on rider lifetime value
3 What metrics would you track to evaluate the success of a loyalty program for frequent riders?
4 How would you analyze seasonal patterns in rider behavior and their impact on retention strategies?
5 Walk through how you'd translate complex retention analysis findings into clear recommendations for product roadmap decisions
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Focusing only on technical modeling skills without demonstrating business impact or product collaboration experience
  • Using generic A/B testing examples instead of specific retention-focused experiments for consumer platforms
  • Failing to show how you translate analysis into actionable recommendations that influence product strategy

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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