Engineering Manager, Lyft Urban Solutions
About The Position
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. Lyft Urban Solutions powers the bike-sharing and scooter-sharing systems that move millions of people in over 60 cities worldwide. We built North America's first automated bike-share system and continue to lead the micromobility revolution. Our systems operate globally - from Citi Bike in New York to BIXI in Montreal, Divvy in Chicago, Capital Bikeshare in DC, and iconic systems in Austin, Barcelona, Bogota, Boston, Buenos Aires, Columbus, Detroit, Dubai, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Monaco, Pittsburgh, Portland, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Toronto, and beyond. We're not just technology providers - we operate these systems, building the software, hardware, and operations that make urban micromobility work at scale. Ready to shape how millions of people move through their cities every day? We're seeking an engineering manager to lead the Rider team within Lyft Urban Solutions. Your team will deliver exceptional digital experiences through our bike-share and scooter-share mobile apps and web platforms, building innovative membership programs and rider features that serve millions of micromobility users worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to directly influence how people experience Citi Bike, BIXI, Divvy, and our other systems around the world. We're looking to move quickly on this hire as the team has ambitious goals for 2026. Our engineers are smart, adaptable problem-solvers who move fast and ship code to production continuously. They look to their managers for organizational transparency, career development, mentorship, and honest feedback, while relying on leadership to boost productivity by removing obstacles and keeping processes lean. We're looking for a manager who loves staying close to the technology and has experience leading technical teams. You'll manage a team of about 12 engineers from early career to Staff and across backend, mobile and web.
Requirements
- 2+ years managing software engineering teams
- Proven track record of active mentorship and career guidance
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong hands-on technical background in mobile or server engineering - you stay close enough to the code to guide technical decisions, not just manage from a distance
- Experience architecting, building, and scaling distributed systems
- Experience launching consumer-facing products and iterating through data-driven experimentation
- Communicate effectively across technical and business contexts, adapting your style to different audiences and individual team members' working preferences
Nice To Haves
- Experience guiding teams through major technological and organizational transformations (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Lead talented engineers who love shipping code and solving complex engineering challenges
- Mentor team members' professional and technical growth, helping develop their careers through projects tailored to their skills, personalities, and goals
- Build collaborative, inclusive teams where everyone feels valued and respected and has space to go deep in their domain
- Embrace experimentation with new tools and technologies, helping team members adapt as the engineering landscape evolves
- Provide continuous feedback, address performance issues, and recognize individual contributions
- Stay technically engaged: review and approve technical specifications, challenge engineering estimates when needed, and contribute to solving complex engineering problems
- Create plans for resolving technical and resourcing challenges within your organization
- Balance building sustainable, high-impact projects with maintaining healthy team velocity and workload
- Foster a culture of excellence and continuous improvement in code quality, architecture, processes and operations
- Own your team's deliverables, ensuring we ship and operate scalable, high quality products that delight our customers
- Partner with recruiting to hire high-potential candidates from diverse backgrounds
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data scientists to maintain prioritized backlogs
- Help your team build strong relationships across functions and partner organizations
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
