Engineering Manager, Lyft
Developer Console
$172-215k
Ride sharing company
Open for applications
Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$172-215k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- Our engineering managers are people with diverse technical backgrounds and interests
- 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager. Previous experience managing Infrastructure teams a bonus
- You have a technical background and are able to contribute to planning and design discussions
- Experience working on teams responsible for maintaining and operating infrastructure at a massive-scale
- Experience with Terraform and/or building systems that enable infrastructure to be defined as code
- You are steadfastly focused on your customers, whether they are drivers, passengers, or other Lyft employees
- Experience leading a team of engineers and guiding them through their career development
- You have built teams and products that scale with the company’s evolving needs
- You enjoy working in a collaborative environment, and you’re committed to driving projects to completion creatively
- You have built teams that are motivated and value a strong sense of ownership
- Experience guiding teams through planning, prioritization, and execution of work
What the job involves
- Lyft’s Infrastructure teams are responsible for building the foundational systems that engineers rely on in order to build stable, scalable, and efficient services
- We build scalable infrastructure that helps software developers move fast, while still providing them with the flexibility they need to innovate within their teams
- We are looking for experienced leaders to guide these teams as they create an exceptional development experience for all of Lyft
- These are high leverage roles, as your work will have a multiplicative effect across Engineering, and contribute directly to Lyft’s overall stability
- Lead Infrastructure Engineering teams responsible for maintaining and improving our infrastructure
- Balance feature development speed and reliability with service-level objectives
- Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team members. Help develop their careers, and assign them to projects tailored to their skill levels, personalities, work styles, and professional goals
- Build teams that are collaborative, inclusive, and respectful of each other
- Provide continuous feedback, guide individuals on their performance, and recognize the strengths and contributions of your team members
- Create plans for prioritizing technical and resourcing challenges in your organization
- Maintain a balance between building sustainable, high-impact projects and shipping things quickly
- Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in the team’s code, architecture, and processes
- Work closely with the Lyft recruiting team to hire high potential candidates from diverse backgrounds
- Work with your engineers and stakeholders to maintain a prioritized backlog and create short term and long term goals
- Own your team’s deliverables and ensure we continue to ship scalable, highly-available products that delight our passengers and drivers
Our take
Lyft has aimed for consistent growth, making sure to pitch itself as a more reliable and friendly ride-sharing option than its main competitor, Uber. Uber has a greater market share and operates globally, but Lyft hopes to compete by its focus on ride-sharing over Uber's more diversified business approach and as a more rider-friendly and greener alternative to Uber.
Operating only in the USA and Canada, Lyft is in a position of being less affected by global events than Uber but also more vulnerable to local conditions. As an example, while it doesn't face the regulatory hurdles around employment rights that Uber does, it is unable to balance out the cost of the unusually expensive US auto insurance across its operations.
In 2022, Lyft acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a bike-share equipment and technology supplier, allowing Lyft to compete in new verticals and reaffirming its commitment to green transportation. It has also trialed and launched Lyft Assisted, where drivers help passengers from their door into the car to get to medical appointments. These developments chime well with Lyft's unique selling point as a friendlier and more environmentally aware ride-sharing app.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Jun 2018
$600m
LATE VC
Mar 2018
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $4.9bn
Company benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
- Family building benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
John Zimmer
(Co-Founder)Originally an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Zimmer then founded Zimride which was a private ridesharing company that pivoted into Lyft.
Logan Green
(Co-Founder)Founded Zimride, a private ridesharing company which later pivoted into Lyft.
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