# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Lyft](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lyft)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Android Engineering
**Salary:** $176k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Android, Kotlin, Python, Bash, Bazel, Jetpack Compose, CI/CD, Mobile Testing, Android Studio, AI Agents, Command-Line Tools, Open Source
**Posted:** 2026-08-28

> Build and evolve Android mobile tooling, build and release infrastructure, and AI-assisted developer workflows used by hundreds of engineers. The role requires extensive software engineering experience, large-scale Android build expertise, Kotlin, command-line tooling, CI, and mobile testing knowledge.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Create and maintain mobile build and release infrastructure for Android engineers.
- Guide projects from planning through delivery, ensuring cross-functional alignment, stakeholder support, prioritization, estimation, and architectural review.
- Analyze systems and processes to identify opportunities for improvement and automation.
- Contribute to existing tooling and related open-source technologies.
- Prototype and implement infrastructure improvements, including Bazel remote execution and new platform capabilities.
- Build mobile-specific AI agent workflows to improve developer productivity and migration efficiency.
- Maintain Android Studio, Android versions, and third-party library dependencies.
- Write high-quality, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code.
- Triage, debug, and resolve issues across applications and tools.
- Participate in code reviews, technical talks, hiring, onboarding, and engineering-community initiatives.
- Mentor junior engineers.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Experience supporting large Android builds and large-scale Android applications or infrastructure.
- Experience building command-line tools with Python or Bash.
- Experience maintaining high-performance CI pipelines.
- Strong Kotlin knowledge.
- Deep understanding of native mobile testing, including unit, snapshot, and UI testing.
- Strong collaboration, communication, product sense, and project leadership skills.

## Nice-to-haves
- Bazel experience, including remote execution.
- Jetpack Compose.
- Side projects or open-source contributions.
- Experience with AI, agentic programming, or developer-productivity tools such as Cursor.

## Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Mental health, family-building, childcare, and pet benefits.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid holidays, discretionary PTO for salaried employees, and 18 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Subsidized commuter benefits, monthly Lyft credits, and complimentary Lyft Pink membership.

## Compensation
- Expected base pay: $176,000–$220,000 annually, excluding potential equity, bonus, and benefits.

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