Staff Software Engineer, Lyft Business

San Francisco Officefull timeRemote

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senior

$176k–$220k

H1B: yes

Lyft Staff Software Engineer on the Lyft Business Team responsible for technical leadership and ownership of complex systems spanning rider, administrator, and enterprise integrations. Drive strategic roadmaps, cross-functional alignment, and engineering excellence to improve organizational transportation solutions.

Responsibilities

Shape the long-term architecture for systems, taking accountability for both short-term functionality and long-term health
Translate high-level business goals into actionable engineering projects. Own the technical roadmap from conception to delivery, managing cross-team dependencies and mitigating risks
Champion improvements in system, observability, performance, and tech debt reduction, extending your influence beyond your immediate team
Establish best practices for deployment, alerting, and on-call health. Take holistic ownership of the platform's stability, tracking down issues root causes and building preventive safeguards for your immediate scope and beyond.
Drive alignment across product, design, and operations. Proactively resolve bottlenecks and make decisive trade-offs to protect system architecture from competing organizational priorities
Mentor and level up the engineers around you. Delegate stretch opportunities, lead cross-team reviews, and foster a culture of strong technical excellence
Serve as a dependable, high-bar interviewer and active participant in Lyft’s broader internal engineering community
BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
8+ years of software engineering industry experience, with a proven track record of technical leadership and system ownership.
Deep expertise in designing, debugging, and running fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems.
Demonstrated experience driving technical roadmaps, managing cross-team dependencies, and influencing system architecture at an organizational level.
Solid knowledge of distributed systems, relational databases, and NoSQL databases.

Qualification

Deep expertise in designingSolid knowledge of distributed systems

Required

BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of software engineering industry experience
Proven track record of technical leadership and system ownership
Deep expertise in designing, debugging, and running fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems
Demonstrated experience driving technical roadmaps, managing cross-team dependencies, and influencing system architecture at an organizational level
Solid knowledge of distributed systems, relational databases, and NoSQL databases
Experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure)
Experience with modern container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, cri-o)

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
PTO
Equity/RSU
Parental Leave
Wellness

Company

Lyft

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1001-5000 employees

Transportation

Founded 2012

Source: greenhouse

Active within the past hour

Remote-friendly

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