Engineering Manager, Rider

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
176K-220K Annually
Senior level
Transportation
The Role
Lead the Core Rider engineering team owning foundational rider systems to improve top-line metrics and rider experience. Translate business goals into roadmaps, ensure reliability and technical excellence, manage cross-functional dependencies, grow engineers' careers, and maintain operational best practices.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

As an Engineering Manager on the Core Rider team, you will act as a critical technical leader in a highly visible area of the Rider Organization. Taking holistic ownership of our foundational systems and core rider functionality, you will be directly responsible for moving top-line business metrics and delivering a seamless rideshare experience. You will partner with multiple product managers, data scientists, and cross-functional teams to develop complex systems, define strategic roadmaps, scale the product and infrastructure that powers how millions of riders request and experience their rides every day.

Responsibilities:
  • Drive team execution, proactively resolve bottlenecks and make decisive trade-offs.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Marketing, Science, and Analytics) to define the team's strategic direction.
  • Translate high-level business goals into actionable projects. Own a team roadmap from conception to delivery, managing cross-team dependencies and mitigating risks.
  • Maintain operational excellence through contributing to best practices for observability, reliability, and on-call processes.
  • Ensure technical excellence through architecture reviews, tech debt management, and engineering guidance.
  • Maintain team health by creating and refining team processes, fostering a supportive team culture, and managing resourcing.
  • Develop team member careers by matching them with opportunities, setting clear expectations, and providing timely feedback.
  • Build relationships across engineering teams to share learnings, align on standards, and identify collaboration opportunities.
  • Serve as a dependable, high-bar interviewer and active participant in Lyft’s broader community.
Experience:
  • BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of software engineering industry experience with technical leadership.
  • 3+ years of experience with people management.
  • Experience launching consumer facing products
  • Experience working on a growth-focused team/org responsible for top line metrics.
  • Experience managing a diverse set of engineering roles, such as server and mobile
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, and cross-functional mindset while actively lifting up the team.
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 Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of software engineering industry experience with technical leadership.
  • 3+ years of people management experience.
  • Experience launching consumer-facing products.
  • Experience working on a growth-focused team/org responsible for top-line metrics.
  • Experience managing a diverse set of engineering roles (server and mobile).
  • Excellent communication skills; able to communicate complex technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, cross-functional mindset and actively lift up the team.
  • Ability to work hybrid in-office schedule (expected in-office Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays).

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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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
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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