Staff Engineer, Luxury

San Francisco · USD 176,000-220,000 / year · 8+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 20, 2026

At a glance

The Luxury team builds rich and creative features that set the standard for the ride sharing industry, focusing on app experiences, UIs, and infrastructure for Black, Black SUV, and other upmarket modes.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will act as a critical technical leader across backend, frontend, iOS, and Android, taking holistic ownership of complex systems and defining strategic roadmaps.

Shape the long-term architecture for full-stack systems, taking accountability for both short-term functionality and long-term health.
Translate high-level business goals into actionable engineering projects and own the technical roadmap from conception to delivery.
Champion improvements in system, observability, performance, and tech debt reduction, extending your influence beyond your immediate team.
Establish best practices for deployment, alerting, and on-call health, taking holistic ownership of the platform's stability.
Drive alignment across product, design, and operations while proactively resolving bottlenecks and making decisive trade-offs.
Mentor and level up the engineers around you, delegate stretch opportunities, lead cross-team reviews, and foster a culture of technical excellence.
Serve as a dependable, high-bar interviewer and active participant in Lyft’s broader internal engineering community.

8+ years of software engineering industry experience, with a proven track record of technical leadership and system ownership.
Experience developing mobile apps and ability to guide client-server and iOS/Android decision making.
Deep expertise in designing, debugging, and running fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems.
Demonstrated experience driving technical roadmaps, managing cross-team dependencies, and influencing system architecture at an organizational level.
Solid knowledge of distributed systems, relational databases, and NoSQL databases.
Experience working with public cloud platforms and modern container orchestration technologies.
Ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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
Discretionary paid time off for salaried team members
18 weeks of paid parental leave
Subsidized commuter benefits
Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership

In-office on a hybrid schedule
Expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
Working in the office at least 3 days per week is considered an essential function of this hybrid role