Engineering Manager, Road Safety & Telematics

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 connects people to transportation to change the way we live and get around our communities. We are looking for an Engineering Manager who brings exceptional technical leadership and people management skills to drive forward a best-in-class product aimed to make the Lyft platform safer.

As the Engineering Manager for Road Safety and Telematics, youll lead a team of talented engineers focused on building innovative systems that empower safer driving on our platform. This includes overseeing the development and optimization of pipelines that monitor and collect driving signals during each ride to assess smoothness and safety. You will work closely with product managers, data scientists, actuary teams and cross-functional partners to deliver scalable telematics & road safety solutions that assess and mitigate driving risk across the platform.

Responsibilities:

• Set the technical vision and strategy for a rapidly evolving product area
• Lead a team of talented engineers who like to ship scalable, highly available products and tackle engineering problems
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team members. Help develop their careers and assign them to projects tailored to their skill levels, personalities, work styles, and professional goals
• Build teams that are collaborative, inclusive, and respectful of each other
• Provide continuous feedback, address performance, and recognize the individual strengths and contributions of your team members
• Maintain a balance between building sustainable, high-impact projects and shipping things quickly
• Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in the teams code, architecture, and processes
• Work with your engineers and/or product managers to maintain a prioritized backlog and create short term and long-term goals
• Work closely with the Lyft recruiting team to hire high potential candidates from diverse backgrounds

Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams
• Strong proficiency in Backend development, Data management, and Cloud platforms technologies.
• Experience architecting, building, and scaling distributed systems
• Experience launching consumer facing products and iterating through data-driven experimentation
• You have experience leading a team of engineers and guiding them through their career development

• You enjoy working in a collaborative environment, and youre committed to driving projects to completion creatively
• You can motivate and instill a strong sense of ownership in your team
• You have experience guiding teams through planning, prioritization, and execution of work
• You are able to thrive in a cross-functional environment and drive projects to completion
• You work well with product and science partners and help set the product vision for an ambiguous project

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 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
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $176,000 - $220,000. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

Total compensation is dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.