Engineering Manager, AV

$172,000 - $237,000/Yr

Lyft - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Senior

San Francisco, CA

Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

About the position

As the Engineering Manager for Autonomous Vehicles at Lyft, you will lead a talented team of engineers in developing innovative solutions for self-driving technology. Your role involves setting the technical direction, mentoring team members, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality engineering solutions that meet customer needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to shape product direction and drive significant business impact in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Set the technical vision and strategy for an evolving product area.
• Co-own the product strategy with the product partner 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.
• Work closely with the Lyft recruiting team to hire high potential candidates from diverse backgrounds.
• Own your team's deliverables and ensure we continue to ship scalable, highly-available products that delight our users.

Requirements

• You have a technical background and are able to contribute to planning and design discussions.
• You are steadfastly focused on your customers.
• You have experience leading a team of engineers and guiding them through their career development.
• You believe in building both teams and products that scale.
• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• You have experience working in the AV industry or a similar space.

Benefits

• Commuter assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Health insurance
• Unlimited paid time off
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance