Engineering Manager, Global Growth

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
176K-220K Annually
Expert/Leader
Transportation
The Role
Lead and grow a cross-functional engineering team building backend and mobile fleet products. Set technical vision and product strategy, prioritize technical investments, mentor engineers, hire diverse talent, ensure scalable, highly-available delivery, and collaborate with Product, Design, Science, and Operations to drive business impact.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Lyft, our mission is to serve and connect. Fleets is a dynamic area working with 3rd-party partners to match autonomous, livery, and taxi fleets with the Lyft marketplace; managing programs for special vehicles like Express Drive rentals, electric, and premium vehicles; and crafting tooling for on-the-ground fleet operations.

As an Engineering Manager on Global Growth, you’ll be responsible for setting the technical direction for the team, making tradeoffs between technical investments and product work, and communicating the strategy transparently to the team and to leadership. You will help shape the product direction by developing a deep understanding of the customer and working closely with cross-functional partners from Product, Design, Science, and Operations. You will lead a group of talented engineers and help the team to deliver business impact while being open to change through constant experimentation. If you enjoy collaborating with technical and nontechnical partners on a product with real-world impact, this is the role for you.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead a team of talented backend and mobile engineers who like to ship code and tackle hard engineering problems
  • 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
  • Set the technical vision and strategy for an evolving product area
  • Co-own the product strategy with the product partner and ensure timely delivery with high quality of the engineering solutions
  • 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
  • Own your team’s deliverables and ensure we continue to ship scalable, highly-available products that delight our users
Experience:
  • BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10+ years of software engineering industry experience with technical leadership.
  • 2+ years of experience with people management.
  • You have a technical background and are able to contribute to planning and design discussions
  • You are steadfastly focused on your customers
  • You have experience building trust to lead a team of engineers and guiding them through their career development
  • You believe in building both teams and products that scale
  • You enjoy working in a collaborative environment, and you’re committed to driving projects to completion creatively
  • You can motivate and instill a strong sense of ownership in your team
  • You have experience guiding teams through planning, prioritization, and execution of work
  • You think ahead and build for the future
  • You are able to thrive in a heavily cross-functional environment and drive projects to completion regardless of the organizational structure
  • You work well with product partners and help set the product vision for an ambiguous project
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 $176,000 - $220,000, 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.

Skills Required

  • BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 10+ years of software engineering industry experience with technical leadership
  • 2+ years of people management experience
  • Technical background enabling contribution to planning and design discussions
  • Experience building teams and products that scale and shipping highly-available systems
  • Experience guiding teams through planning, prioritization, and execution
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers and guide career growth
  • Ability to work effectively in heavily cross-functional environments with Product, Design, Science, and Operations
  • Customer-focused mindset and experience aligning technical work to customer needs

Lyft Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Lyft and has not been reviewed or approved by Lyft.

  • Healthcare Strength Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is provided for corporate employees, with added access to One Medical and mental‑health support for employees and dependents. Benefits materials also highlight wellness programs alongside these core plans.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave of 18 weeks is offered for biological, adoptive, and foster parents, and family‑building and fertility support are included. These provisions are consistently described as a standout element of the package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Salaried U.S. employees have unlimited PTO, and hourly employees receive a defined bank of paid time off plus observed holidays. Some reports also note sabbatical eligibility after tenure.

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22,282 Employees

What We Do

Lyft was founded in 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation, and is available to approximately 95 percent of the United States population as well as select cities in Canada. Lyft is committed to effecting positive change for our cities by offsetting carbon emissions from all rides, and by promoting transportation equity through shared rides, bikeshare systems, electric scooters, and public transit partnerships.

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