Engineering Manager, Rider

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.

As an Engineering Manager on the Core Rider team, you will act as a critical technical leader in a highly visible area of the Rider Organization. Taking holistic ownership of our foundational systems and core rider functionality, you will be directly responsible for moving top-line business metrics and delivering a seamless rideshare experience. You will partner with multiple product managers, data scientists, and cross-functional teams to develop complex systems, define strategic roadmaps, scale the product and infrastructure that powers how millions of riders request and experience their rides every day.

Responsibilities:

• Drive team execution, proactively resolve bottlenecks and make decisive trade-offs.

• Partner with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Marketing, Science, and Analytics) to define the team's strategic direction.

• Translate high-level business goals into actionable projects. Own a team roadmap from conception to delivery, managing cross-team dependencies and mitigating risks.

• Maintain operational excellence through contributing to best practices for observability, reliability, and on-call processes.

• Ensure technical excellence through architecture reviews, tech debt management, and engineering guidance.

• Maintain team health by creating and refining team processes, fostering a supportive team culture, and managing resourcing.

• Develop team member careers by matching them with opportunities, setting clear expectations, and providing timely feedback.

• Build relationships across engineering teams to share learnings, align on standards, and identify collaboration opportunities.

• Serve as a dependable, high-bar interviewer and active participant in Lyft’s broader community.

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Department: Rider App