# Staff Software Engineer, Lyft Business

**Company:** [Lyft](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lyft)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $176k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Relational Databases, Nosql Databases, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Cri-O, Observability, System Architecture, Technical Roadmaps
**Posted:** 2026-08-10

> Technical leader for Lyft Business, owning architecture, roadmaps, reliability, and cross-functional delivery across rider, administrator, and enterprise integration systems. Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience and deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Shape the long-term architecture for systems, balancing short-term functionality with long-term health.
- Translate business goals into actionable engineering projects and own the technical roadmap from conception through delivery.
- Manage cross-team dependencies, mitigate risks, and drive alignment across product, design, and operations.
- Improve system observability, performance, and technical-debt reduction.
- Establish deployment, alerting, and on-call best practices; own platform stability and build preventive safeguards.
- Resolve bottlenecks and make trade-offs that protect system architecture.
- Mentor engineers, delegate stretch opportunities, lead cross-team reviews, and promote technical excellence.
- Participate in high-bar interviewing and the broader internal engineering community.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a record of technical leadership and system ownership.
- Deep expertise designing, debugging, and operating fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience driving technical roadmaps, managing cross-team dependencies, and influencing system architecture at an organizational level.
- Knowledge of distributed systems, relational databases, and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with container orchestration and related technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, or cri-o.
- Ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Low-ego, collaborative, and cross-functional working style.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base pay range for the San Francisco area: **$176,000–$220,000 annually**, excluding potential equity, bonus, and benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
- Mental health, family-building, child care, and pet benefits.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Paid holidays, discretionary paid time off for salaried team members, and 18 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Subsidized commuter benefits.
- Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership.
- Hybrid schedule with in-office work three days per week; hybrid employees may work from anywhere for up to four weeks per year.

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