About the Role
The Mapping team at Lyft is building a digital representation of the physical world, collecting and serving accurate mapping data, algorithms, models, and services that power Lyft’s transportation offerings. This role involves managing a growing team of engineers focused on user-facing Mapping experiences.
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
- Build teams that are collaborative, inclusive, and respectful of each other
- Provide continuous feedback, address underperformance, and recognize individual strengths and contributions
- Create plans for prioritizing technical and resourcing challenges
- Maintain a balance between building sustainable, high-impact projects and shipping 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 engineers and/or product managers to maintain a prioritized backlog and create short term and long term goals
- Own team deliverables and ensure high-quality product delivery
- Help the team build relationships across functions (Product, Design, User Research, Science, etc.)
Requirements
- 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
Location
- San Francisco area
Work Type
- Hybrid
- In-office (3 days per week: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays)
- Remote (up to 4 weeks per year)
Education Level
- Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science
Salary/Compensations
- $208,000 - $260,000
Benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs
- Mental health benefits
- Family building benefits
- Child care and pet benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Discretionary paid time off (salaried) / 15 days paid time off (hourly)
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave
- Subsidized commuter benefits
- Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership
About the Company
- Lyft's purpose is to serve and connect.
- Lyft cultivates a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.
- Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture.
Equal Opportunity
- Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard 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.
