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Senior Actuarial Analyst

Lyft

San Francisco, CA · HybridJob$128–160K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$128–160K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CAHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Lyft’s Senior Actuarial Analyst partners with teams across the organization on insurance pricing challenges and actuarial projects. The role supports data pipelines, monitoring dashboards, modeling, reserving, pricing, financial reporting, and competitive analysis. It is hybrid, with three required in-office days per week, and offers a base pay range of $128,000–$160,000 in the San Francisco area.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Actuarial AnalysisETLSQLRPythonCoding AutomationGitHubAuto InsuranceReservingPricingCompetitive AnalysisFinancial Statement AnalysisCommunicationPresentationOrganizationTime ManagementAttention to DetailInnovation

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Equivalent Degree3+ Years Relevant Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

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.

At Lyft, actuaries are more than risk modelers, they are trusted business advisors, with a key voice in our most important decisions. We partner with many groups across the organization to work on core products. Get ready to deploy your actuarial skills in innovative ways and team up with Engineering, Data Science, Operations, Finance, Legal, and Public Policy to solve complex pricing challenges. Our insurance solutions are evolving and the team is growing.

We can’t wait to meet you!

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in developing robust ETL pipelines and maintaining complete and accurate actuarial data for analysis.

  • Design and build data monitoring dashboards to drive data insights

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on modeling / reserving / pricing projects

  • Contribute to the process changes to promote prompt and accurate data to cross-functional teams

  • Support the financial reporting process by providing key actuarial inputs and analysis

  • Support competitive analysis by researching financial statements, insurance company filing (e.g. schedule P) and other industry papers

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely completion of tasks

  • Take ownership of the tasks assigned and drive insightful analysis

Experience:

  • Bachelor or equivalent degree in Actuarial Science, Math, Statistics, Economics, or similar

  • 3+ years of relevant internships, or entry-level experience in P&C actuarial field (flexible scheduling during exam preparation and continuing education support for FCAS; we want to be part of your career development!)

  • Personal or commercial auto insurance experience required

  • Very Strong SQL; experience with ETL and R/Python and an interest in coding/automation is preferred

  • Working knowledge with Github

  • Experience or knowledge in reserving / pricing is a plus

  • Experience with competitive analysis / financial statement analysis a plus

  • Great communication and presentation skills

  • Strong organization and time management skills

  • Balance attention to detail with fast-pace Lyft environment

  • Passionate about actuarial science and eager to learn and grow

  • Highly innovative

Benefits:

  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled

  • Mental health benefits

  • Family building benefits

  • Child care and pet benefits

  • 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. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible

  • Subsidized commuter benefits

  • Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership

Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. 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, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $128,000 - $160,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

How this job compares

Set against the 444 open Actuary jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$128–160K/yr
  • California median$128–202K/yr35 salary ranges
  • US median$120–198K/yr390 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $144K, is 14% below the California median midpoint ($168K) — in the lowest quarter of Actuary salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 36 open Actuary jobs in California and 444 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Actuary postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (392 postings).
Education
228 of the 444 open Actuary jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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