Staff Software Engineer, Rider Segments

About the position

At Lyft, our mission is to improve people's lives with the world's best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization. We're looking for a backend Staff Software Engineer to shape and drive the technical roadmap for the Rider Segments organization. In this role, you'll collaborate across engineering teams to develop exciting features and products used by millions of people every day. Rider Segments focuses on incentivizing riders to choose Lyft, creating differentiated features, and integrating strategic partners into our rideshare ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Shape our long-term technical vision & roadmap for the group
• 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

Requirements

• 8+ years of expertise in architecting, building, and scaling distributed systems
• Proven track record as a Tech Lead, supporting 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, and engineering teams
• Excellent communication skills, with advanced proficiency in English

Nice-to-haves

• 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, Backend), as well as data scientists

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