Lyft

Senior Engineering Manager, Mapping

Lyft$208K — $260K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or 7+ years of software development experience
  • Experience leading software engineering teams in high-impact projects
  • Proven track record in launching mobile products with a large user base
  • Background in software engineering prior to management
  • Strong analytical skills to break down complex problems and guide solutions
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage and scale a team of engineers focused on mapping technologies
  • Mentor team members for professional growth and project alignment
  • Foster an inclusive and collaborative team environment
  • Provide timely feedback and recognize individual contributions
  • Develop prioritization strategies for technical challenges
  • Ensure a balance between rapid deployment and project sustainability
  • Promote continual improvement in code, architecture, and processes
  • Collaborate with recruiting to attract diverse talent
  • Work with cross-functional teams on goal setting and backlog management
  • Oversee the quality and deliverables of the team's projects

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with additional programs
  • Mental health support services
  • Family building assistance
  • Child care and pet care benefits
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Generous paid time off policies including 18 weeks of parental leave
  • Subsidized commuting options
  • Monthly commute credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership
Full Job Description
The Mapping team at Lyft is tasked with building a digital representation of the physical world - a map. We collect and serve the freshest and most accurate mapping data possible, along with algorithms, models, platform services, and map-based user experiences that power Lyft's current and future transportation offerings.

Mapping represents a huge opportunity for Lyft's business, but also a big challenge. We build and scale systems that deal with large data storage, real-time data processing, machine / deep learning pipelines, routing and ETA models, driver and passenger location tracking, and more. We built beautiful and magical user experiences on top of all those services, and compete with companies that have been in the mapping business for decades.

Our engineering team is growing rapidly, and we are looking for Engineering Managers to help us scale. Our engineers are smart, flexible, and love solving difficult challenges. They look to their managers for organizational transparency, career development, mentorship, and honest feedback. They move fast and ship code to production continuously, relying on their leadership to increase productivity by removing obstacles and keeping processes lean.
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. Help develop their careers and assign them to projects tailored to their skill levels, personalities, work styles, and professional goals
  • Build teams that are collaborative, inclusive, and respectful of each other
  • Provide continuous feedback, address underperformance, and recognize the individual strengths and contributions of your team members
  • Create plans for prioritizing technical and resourcing challenges in your organization
  • Maintain a balance between building sustainable, high-impact projects and shipping things 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 your engineers and/or product managers to maintain a prioritized backlog and create short term and long term goals
  • Own your team's deliverables and ensure we continue to ship high-quality products that delight our passengers and drivers
  • Help your team build relationships across functions Product, Design, User Research, Science, and others
Experience:
  • 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
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 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 $208,000 - $260,000, 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.

About Lyft

Lyft is a transportation network company that was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates a mobile app that allows users to request rides from nearby drivers. Lyft provides ride-hailing services in the United States and Canada, and it has expanded into other transportation services, such as bike-sharing and scooter-sharing. The company is known for its pink mustache logo, which was replaced by a glowing dashboard mustache in 2015. Lyft went public in March 2019.
Learn more about Lyft
Size
4,453 employees
Market Cap
$3.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.7 billion
Founded
2012
5 Year Trend
+56.4%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
NASDAQ

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