Senior Engineering Manager, Mapping

Lyft; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Mental health support

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off & holidays

Parental leave

commuter benefits

Lyft credits

Job summary

Lyft is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Mapping team in San Francisco. You will lead a growing group of engineers building user-facing Mapping experiences, mentor team members, and drive prioritization of technical and resourcing challenges.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Product, Design, and Data Science to deliver high-impact mapping features for passengers and drivers. Strong leadership, prior mobile product shipping, and excellent communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams and shipping software.
• Ability to decompose complex business problems and lead teams in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent communication skills and mentorship abilities.
• Experience shipping a mobile product with millions of users.
• Previous experience as a software engineer.

Responsibilities

• Manage a rapidly growing team of engineers developing user-facing Mapping experiences.
• Mentor and guide professional and technical development of team members.
• Build teams that are collaborative and inclusive.
• Provide continuous feedback and recognize strengths and contributions.
• Create plans for prioritizing technical and resourcing challenges.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team management

Shipping software

Mobile product leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelors, Masters in Computer Science or 7+ years experience

Job description

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.

The Mapping team at Lyft is tasked with building a digital representation of the physical world - a map. We collect and serve the freshest and most accurate mapping data possible, along with algorithms, models, platform services, and map-based user experiences that power Lyft’s current and future transportation offerings.

Mapping represents a huge opportunity for Lyft’s business, but also a big challenge. We build and scale systems that deal with large data storage, real-time data processing, machine / deep learning pipelines, routing and ETA models, driver and passenger location tracking, and more. We built beautiful and magical user experiences on top of all those services, and compete with companies that have been in the mapping business for decades.

Our engineering team is growing rapidly, and we are looking for Engineering Managers to help us scale. Our engineers are smart, flexible, and love solving difficult challenges. They look to their managers for organizational transparency, career development, mentorship, and honest feedback. They move fast and ship code to production continuously, relying on their leadership to increase productivity by removing obstacles and keeping processes lean.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a rapidly growing team of engineers developing user-facing Mapping experiences

• 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

• Provide continuous feedback, address underperformance, and recognize the individual strengths and contributions of your team members

• 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

• Work with your engineers and/or product managers to maintain a prioritized backlog and create short term and long term goals

• Own your team’s deliverables and ensure we continue to ship high-quality products that delight our passengers and drivers

• Help your team build relationships across functions Product, Design, User Research, Science, and others

Experience:

• Bachelors, Masters in Computer Science or at least 7 years of industry experience building and shipping software

• Experience with leading software engineering teams through tough problems, growing people and shipping software

• Experience leading a team that shipped a mobile product with millions of users

• Previous experience as a software engineer

• Ability to decompose complex business problems and lead a team in solving them in a fast-paced but also rigorous fashion

• Excellent communication skills

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 $208,000 - $260,000, 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.