Staff Software Engineer

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 and own the technical roadmap
• Champion improvements in system, observability, performance, and tech debt reduction
• Establish best practices for deployment, alerting, and on-call health
• Drive alignment across product, design, and operations to resolve bottlenecks
• Mentor and level up engineers through delegation and technical reviews
• Serve as a high-bar interviewer and participant in the engineering community

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering industry experience
• Proven track record of technical leadership and system ownership
• Experience developing mobile apps and guiding client-server and iOS/Android decision making
• Deep expertise in designing and running fault-tolerant, large-scale distributed systems
• Experience driving technical roadmaps and managing cross-team dependencies
• Solid knowledge of distributed systems, relational databases, and NoSQL databases
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs to stakeholders

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Mental health, family building, child care, and pet benefits
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Discretionary paid time off and 18 weeks of paid parental leave
• Subsidized commuter benefits
• Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership

About the Company

Lyft aims to serve and connect by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.