# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Lyft](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lyft)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Java, C#, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, APIs, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Machine Learning, AI
**Posted:** 2026-07-21

> Technical leader responsible for setting direction, architecting, and scaling a global support platform with large-scale backend systems. The role leads engineers, drives responsible AI adoption, and requires 8+ years of software engineering experience plus expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms, and containers.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Set the technical vision and strategy for a rapidly evolving product area, making high-judgment decisions on architecture and technology direction.
- Drive adoption of AI and machine learning solutions to optimize customer support workflows and improve operational efficiency across the platform.
- Lead a team of engineers shipping code and solving complex engineering problems while maintaining a high bar for technical excellence.
- Translate business goals into actionable engineering projects.
- Own the technical roadmap from conception through delivery, managing cross-team dependencies and mitigating risks.
- Drive responsible adoption of AI development tools across engineering teams by modeling effective use, establishing best practices, and mentoring engineers to improve productivity without compromising code quality or security.
- Champion improvements in system observability, performance, and technical debt reduction.
- Establish best practices for deployment, alerting, and on-call health.
- Own platform stability, investigate root causes, and build preventive safeguards.
- Drive alignment across product, design, and operations; resolve bottlenecks and make decisive architectural trade-offs.
- Mentor and develop engineers, delegate stretch opportunities, lead cross-team reviews, and foster technical excellence.

## Requirements

- 8+ years of software engineering industry experience, with a track record of architecting and delivering large-scale backend systems in production.
- Experience setting technical direction for a product or platform area, authoring architecture documentation, and driving alignment across senior stakeholders.
- Deep expertise designing and operating distributed systems, including microservices, event-driven architectures, and high-throughput APIs at scale.
- Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C#.
- Understanding of performance, concurrency, and reliability trade-offs.
- Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with modern container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, or cri-o.
- Ability to lead and influence engineering teams, set technical standards, run design reviews, and unblock execution.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent technical strategy to leadership and align cross-functional partners.

## Nice to Have

- Full-stack versatility, including the ability to own frontend development when needed and deliver features end to end.

## Benefits and Compensation

- Professional and stable working environment.
- Latest technology and equipment.
- Potential to work remotely, including out of country, subject to work authorization.
- 28 calendar days of vacation and up to 5 paid sick days.
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave for biological, adoptive, and foster parents.
- Mental health benefits.
- Family-building benefits.

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