Staff Engineer, Luxury

Lyft; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

18 weeks parental leave

Subsidized commuter benefits

Lyft credits and Lyft Pink membership

Job summary

Lyft is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own and shape the long-term architecture across backend, frontend, iOS and Android for the Luxury experiences in the San Francisco area. You will drive the technical roadmap, collaborate across teams, and mentor engineers to deliver scalable, high-quality systems.

You will partner with product, data science and operations to improve observability, performance, and reliability while maintaining a strong focus on user experience for passengers and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with leadership and system ownership.
• Experience developing mobile apps and guiding client-server and iOS/Android decisions.
• Deep expertise in fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience driving technical roadmaps, cross-team dependencies, and architecture at org level.
• Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, cri-o).
• Ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape long-term architecture for full-stack systems and drive health and scalability.
• Translate business goals into actionable engineering projects and manage cross-team dependencies.
• Improve observability, performance, and tech debt reduction across the platform.
• Establish deployment, alerting, and on-call best practices for platform stability.
• Drive alignment across product, design, and operations; resolve bottlenecks and trade-offs.
• Mentor engineers, lead cross-team reviews, and promote technical excellence.
• Act as a key interviewer and contributor in Lyft's internal engineering community.

Skills

Years of experience

Mobile apps guidance

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Kubernetes/Docker/cri-o

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

cri-o

AWS

GCP

Azure

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 Luxury team builds rich and creative features that set the standard for the ride sharing industry. We are looking for a motivated staff engineer to join us building app experiences, UIs, and infrastructure for Black, Black SUV, and other upmarket modes for which quality is uncompromising. Ownership is a key quality for this team; you should be driven to track a project to successful completion and beyond, taking initiative to work with other teams and functions to ensure the code you write reaches users and drives impact. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will act as a critical technical leader across backend, frontend, iOS, and Android, taking holistic ownership of complex systems, defining strategic roadmaps, driving cross-functional alignment and engineering excellence to improve the luxury experience. You'll collaborate with engineering, product, data science, analytics, and operations on programs that empower us to iterate quickly, delighting our passengers and drivers.

Responsibilities:

• Shape the long-term architecture for full-stack 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 issue 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.

Experience:

• 8+ years of software engineering industry experience, with a proven track record of technical leadership and system ownership.
• Experience developing mobile apps and can guide client-server and iOS/Android decision making.
• 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) and modern container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, cri-o).
• Ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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.