Lyft's Airports team aims to provide stress-free airport transportation for all types of riders, navigating operational complexities and balancing supply. The Engineering Manager will set the technical direction and support the team in delivering on these goals.
Requirements
- You have a technical background and are able to contribute to planning and design discussions
- You believe in building both teams and products that scale
Responsibilities
- Set the technical vision and strategy for an evolving product area
- Co-own the product strategy with product partners and ensure timely delivery with high quality of the engineering solutions
- Create plans for prioritizing technical and resourcing challenges in your organization
- Maintain a balance between building sustainable, high-impact projects and shipping things quickly
- Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in the team’s code, architecture, and processes
- Own your team’s deliverables and ensure we continue to ship scalable, highly-available products that delight our users
Other
- Lead a team of talented backend and mobile engineers who like to ship code and tackle hard 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
- Work closely with the Lyft recruiting team to hire high potential candidates from diverse backgrounds
- You are steadfastly focused on your customers
- You have experience leading a team of engineers and guiding them through their career development
- You enjoy working in a collaborative environment, and you’re 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 think ahead and build for the future
- You are able to thrive in a heavily cross-functional environment and drive projects to completion regardless of the organizational structure
- You work well with product partners and help set the product vision for an ambiguous project
- Bonus: You have experience working in the Travel industry or a similar space
- 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. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. Hybrid
