Engineering Manager, Lime
Platform
CA$158-217k
United States salary range: $184K – $253K. Offers equity and annual performancebonus to all
Electric bike and scooter rentals
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Electric bike and scooter rentals
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$158-217k
United States salary range: $184K – $253K. Offers equity and annual performancebonus to all
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- 7+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, and DevOps engineering, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership or management role
- Proven success building and scaling cloud infrastructure on AWS for production systems
- Experience with infrastructure as code, containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, etc.), and database technologies
- Hands-on experience developing, maintaining, and debugging systems using Ruby and Python
- Experience building and scaling developer tools and workflows (CI/CD, developer portals, observability)
- Familiarity with machine learning infrastructure and data pipelines
- Proven track record managing teams that deliver complex, reliable, and scalable systems
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Passion for mentoring engineers and fostering a collaborative, inclusive team environment
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to drive technical decisions with a business focus
- Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager, Platform to lead our Platform Engineering team responsible for designing, building, and scaling the foundational systems that power our global fleet and the diverse operational and business use cases surrounding it
- You’ll oversee the core infrastructure, developer experience, and ML platform functions enabling our engineering and data teams to build, deploy, and scale products efficiently and reliably
- This role combines strategic leadership with technical depth, making it ideal for someone passionate about scaling systems and delivering high cross-organizational impact in a fast-moving environment
- Lead, mentor, and scale a team of software engineers focused on cloud infrastructure, developer productivity, and ML platform enablement
- Own the platform roadmap by defining goals, setting priorities, and aligning initiatives with key business stakeholders
- Drive CI/CD, developer experience, and observability strategy to boost engineering speed and resilience
- Champion best practices in infrastructure as code, incident management, cost optimization, and cloud security
- Drive innovation through infrastructure automation and ML platform capabilities to support evolving business needs
- Foster a strong engineering culture grounded in collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Partner with Security, Compliance, and Finance teams to maintain and enforce SOX-compliant change management and access control processes
Our take
In recent years, electric-powered mobility companies have attracted an extraordinary amount of interest and funding, in part due to rising eco-friendly sentiment, and in part because of the race to "find the next Uber". Lime is one such company, that has rapidly scaled across multiple geographies to be a key player in the fight for market leadership.
Lime, along with its competitors, has had to grapple with regulation in many of its target markets, but nonetheless has steadily increased its footprint. Since its launch, the company has facilitated millions of trips, making it one of the biggest companies of its kind. Interestingly, the CEO has stated that "cars are our true business rivals—not other scooter companies", suggesting that its biggest business challenge will be to get families to give up their second cars.
With a presence that spans an impressive number of regions - most recently Lime has begun operating in Qatar - the company has cemented itself in the micromobility market, and stands to profit from the increasing popularity of these types of services. Across 2022, a substantial increase in ridership enabled Lime to achieve a "full profitable year", with suggestions it will pursue an IPO in the near future.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2021
$523m
CONVERTIBLE
May 2020
$170m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Toby
(Board Advisor)Founder and CEO of ZERO&. Was a Marketing Manager at Pepsi for 6 years before doing an MBA at Berkeley. Moved into consulting and VC for 5 years before starting Lime.
Brad
(Chairman)VP of Business Development at Tencent for 8 years. Managing Partner of a VC firm for 3 years, where he worked with Toby. Has an MBA from Berkeley.
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