Senior Engineering Manager, Lyft
Rider
$200-250k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Ride sharing company
Open for applications
Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$200-250k
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
- BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or relevant work experience
- 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams of 40+ members, including teams across iOS, Android, and Server platforms, as well as experience in managing managers
- Ability to thrive in a heavily cross-functional environment and drive projects to completion regardless of the organizational structure
- Passion for building scalable and extensible solutions that enable others and ensure a high-quality product
- Experience launching and supporting consumer-facing products at scale
- Strong technical foundation in mobile and server engineering
What the job involves
- On the Rider team, we are growing our team with people who want to enrich the lives of our community through technology
- You'll collaborate with highly cross-functional teams such as Product, Design, Data science, and Analytics, as well as other organizations like Driver, Partners, and Marketplace, to deliver on that promise
- As the Senior Engineering Manager for the Rider Segments group, you will lead multiple managers and Staff ICs with end-to-end teams, consisting of iOS, Android, and Server, to unlock specific Rider use cases (e.g. , Commute) and various Rider segments
- It is your responsibility to sweat the details by being customer-obsessed with specific Rider needs and to build innovative product solutions to address them
- Set the technical vision and team strategy for the Rider Segments group and communicate that downwards, with peers, and upwards with ELT
- Coach and guide an organization of managers and engineers in their people and technical development
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high business impact
- Work closely with the Lyft recruiting team to hire high-potential candidates from diverse backgrounds
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
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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