Staff Software Engineer, Growth Products, Lyft, NY, US

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 Growth Team at Lyft focuses on efficiently acquiring and resurrecting riders and drivers to grow the business and balance the marketplace. We handle critical infrastructure to execute, manage, and optimize growth campaigns for the entire company and move quickly to test and develop new products. 

We're looking for a backend Staff Software Engineer to shape and drive the team's technical roadmap and champion investments that improve engineering and operational quality. In this role you will also represent the engineering team with stakeholders and across engineering teams to influence decision-making and strategic direction.

Responsibilities:

• Shape the team's long-term technical vision & roadmap
• Lead major updates to our backend systems
• Break down complex problems into deliverables
• Coordinate with engineering teams to ensure successful execution
• Design, extend, and implement robust APIs
• Effectively communicate technical trade-offs and decisions to stakeholders
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, data scientists, and external partners
• Mentor and support other backend engineers through code reviews, design feedback, and ongoing guidance
• Participate in our team's on-call rotations, respond to incidents, and support other teams to mitigate customer-impacting events

Experience:

• 8+ years of expertise in architecting, building, and scaling distributed systems
• Proven track record leading large projects involving multiple engineering teams
• Prior experience defining long-term technical visions
• Strong proficiency in object-oriented programming
• Deep knowledge of architecture and design patterns
• Familiar with databases, relational and NoSQL
• Prior experience working with product managers, designers, data scientists, and engineering teams
• Excellent communication skills, with advanced proficiency in English
• Nice to have:
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment, demonstrating flexibility and proactively guiding technical direction
• Proven experience elevating engineering standards and best practices, including code quality, performance optimization, and conducting thorough code reviews
• Collaborative experience working with engineers across various platforms (Mobile, Frontend, Backend).

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 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
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

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 New York City area is $176,000-$220,000. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.