Staff Infrastructure Network Engineer, Lyft
Kubernetes, Cloud & Service Mesh
CA$172-215k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Ride sharing company
Be an early applicant
Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$172-215k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for experienced leaders to guide these teams as they create an exceptional development experience for all of Lyft
- This role is ideal for someone who thrives on impact, collaboration, and working at scale
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production and working in cloud environments such as AWS or GCP
- Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, and experienced in automating deployments in large-scale environments
- Strong background in Linux systems, networking, DNS, load balancing, and protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, and gRPC
- Proven experience designing or operating distributed network management systems, including service mesh or service proxies (e.g., Envoy, Istio, NGINX, Cilium)
- Deep understanding of AWS networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, NAT gateways, NLBs, and security groups
- Demonstrated ability to debug complex, multi-layer infrastructure issues and lead incident response across highly available, large-scale systems
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 service
- We build standardized infrastructure that helps software developers move fast, while still providing them with the flexibility they need to innovate within their teams
- These are high leverage roles, as your work will have a multiplicative effect across Engineering, and contribute directly to Lyft’s overall stability
- We’re looking for a Staff Infrastructure Network Engineer to join our Infrastructure team and play a pivotal role in designing, scaling, and evolving the systems that power Lyft’s entire engineering platform
- As a staff-level engineer, you’ll be a technical leader
- You’ll set direction, solve deeply complex infrastructure challenges, and deliver solutions that are reliable, scalable, and secure
- You’ll partner with teams across Lyft to ensure our foundational network infrastructure supports high performance, reliability, and developer velocity
- Design, implement, and maintain Lyft’s service mesh and edge routing using Envoy Proxy and Kubernetes on AWS, ensuring secure and reliable service-to-service communication
- Scale and operate Lyft’s Kubernetes networking stack, including Ingress controllers, CNI plugins, and service discovery, to support high-availability microservices
- Develop and optimize load balancing algorithms and traffic policies across control and data planes to improve latency, resiliency, and cost efficiency
- Build and maintain observability infrastructure (e.g., Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Datadog) to enable real-time visibility and incident response
- Lead incident investigation and resolution for production network issues, debugging across layers including Kubernetes, VPC networking, service mesh, and L4/L7 traffic flow
Application process
- Applications for this position will be accepted until September 24, 2025. Lyft reserves the right to close the application process early or extend the deadline at its discretion
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
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
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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