Staff Software Engineer, Lyft Business

Hiring: Staff Software Engineer, Lyft Business. Remote. US-based candidates only.

Remote Staff Software Engineer, Lyft Business. contractor. Open to candidates in Remote. Apply now.

About the Role

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 Lyft Business organization builds the platform that lets organizations move the people they depend on employees, clients, and customers. From the foundational mechanics of a organization funding and provisioning a ride to the tailored workflows that get an employee to a client meeting or home after a late shift, we sweat the small stuff to make Lyft the transportation solution businesses build their programs on. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Lyft Business Group, you're expected to act as a critical technical leader, taking holistic ownership of complex systems that span the rider experience, the administrator experience. The enterprise integrations behind them — defining strategic roadmaps, driving cross-functional alignment, and driving engineering excellence to improve how organizations move their people.

Responsibilities:

Shape the long-term architecture for systems, taking accountability for both short-term functionality and long-term healthTranslate high-level business goals into actionable engineering projects. Own the technical roadmap from conception to delivery, managing cross-team dependencies and mitigating risksChampion improvements in system, observability, performance. Tech debt reduction, extending your influence beyond your immediate teamEstablish best practices for deployment, alerting, and on-call health. Take holistic ownership of the platform's stability, tracking down issues root causes and building preventive safeguards for your immediate scope and beyond.

Drive alignment across product, design, and operations. Proactively resolve bottlenecks and make decisive trade-offs to protect system architecture from competing organizational prioritiesMentor and level up the engineers around you. Delegate stretch opportunities, lead cross-unit reviews. Foster a culture of strong technical excellenceServe as a dependable, high-bar interviewer and active participant in Lyft's broader internal engineering communityExperience: BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.8+ years of software engineering industry experience, with a proven track record of technical leadership and system ownership.

Deep expertise in designing, debugging, and running fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems. Demonstrated background driving technical roadmaps, managing cross-team dependencies, and influencing system architecture at an organizational level.

Skills & Tools Mentioned

• Aws
• Docker
• Leadership

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this Staff Software Engineer, Lyft Business role remote?
Yes — 100% remote. Work from anywhere in Remote.

Employment type for this Staff Software Engineer, Lyft Business job?
contractor. Ideal for remote professionals.

What skills are needed for this Staff Software Engineer, Lyft Business role?
Key skills include Aws, Docker, Leadership. These are core to succeeding in this role.

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