# Engineering Manager, Rider

**Company:** [Lyft](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lyft)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $176k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Software Engineering, People Management, Technical Leadership, consumer products, server engineering, mobile engineering, Observability, reliability engineering
**Posted:** 2026-07-27

> Lead the Core Rider team at Lyft as an Engineering Manager, owning foundational systems and rider functionality that drive top-line metrics and seamless rideshare experiences for millions of users. Requires 5+ years software engineering with technical leadership, 3+ years people management, and experience launching consumer products on growth-focused teams.

## Job Description

## 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.

## Requirements
- BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of software engineering industry experience with technical leadership.
- 3+ years of experience with people management.
- Experience launching consumer facing products.
- Experience working on a growth-focused team/org responsible for top line metrics.
- Experience managing a diverse set of engineering roles, such as server and mobile.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, and cross-functional mindset while actively lifting up the team.

## 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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