Engineering Manager, Mobile Infrastructure (UI & Architecture)

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

Our Infrastructure team is dedicated to building software that addresses challenges at a large scale. Whenever we develop solutions that could benefit the wider community, we consider open sourcing our ideas. For instance, we helped establish the Mobile Native Foundation and created Hammer, an iOS testing library. 

The reliability of our infrastructure is essential for enabling teams across Lyft to deliver rich experiences that connect people and places. Our engineers are smart, flexible, and love solving difficult challenges. They look to their managers for organizational transparency, career development, mentorship, and honest feedback. They move fast and ship code to production continuously, relying on their leadership to increase productivity by removing obstacles and keeping processes lean. Our engineering managers are people with diverse technical backgrounds and interests. As managers it is our job to remain curious and continuously deliver impact by driving our team’s technical direction and vision. We build teams that are inclusive, helpful, and have a strong sense of ownership for the things they build.

Lyft’s Infrastructure teams are responsible for building the foundational systems that engineers rely on in order to build stable, scalable, and efficient services. We build scalable infrastructure that helps software developers move fast, while still providing them with the flexibility they need to innovate within their teams. We are looking for experienced leaders to guide these teams as they create an exceptional development experience for all of Lyft. These are high leverage roles, as your work will have a multiplicative effect across Engineering, and contribute directly to Lyft’s overall stability.

Join the team that builds the next iteration of our robust, mobile networking, architecture, and UI frameworks enabling all Lyft iOS and Android engineers to quickly ship reliable and joyful mobile experiences across all Lyft apps and ensuring the mobile developer experience at Lyft remains current and innovative.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Mobile Infrastructure Engineering team responsible for maintaining and improving Lyft’s mobile networking, architecture, and UI frameworks
• Collaborate with the team and the distributed Lyft Mobile community to elevate our technical and organizational plans
• Enhance the understanding of distributed Lyft Mobile community on how we enable them to achieve business goals quickly and reliably
• Balance feature development speed and reliability with our Objects and Key Results (OKRs) and mobile engineer support goals
• 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, guide individuals on their performance, and recognize the strengths and contributions of your team members
• 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
• Work closely with the Lyft recruiting team to hire high potential candidates from diverse backgrounds
• Work with your engineers and stakeholders to maintain a prioritized backlog and create short term and long term goals
• Own your team’s deliverables and ensure we continue to ship scalable, highly-available products that delight our passengers and drivers

Required Experience

• 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager. Previous experience managing Mobile and/or Infrastructure or Platform teams a bonus
• You have a technical background and are able to contribute to planning and design discussions
• Experience working on teams responsible for maintaining and operating infrastructure at a massive-scale
• Experience with Mobile development challenges at scale and/or building internal libraries to support shipping quickly and reliably
• You are steadfastly focused on your customers, whether they are drivers, passengers, or other Lyft employees
• Experience leading a team of engineers and guiding them through their career development
• You have built teams and products that scale with the company’s evolving needs
• You enjoy working in a collaborative environment, and you’re committed to driving