This role pays less than
68%
of similar roles. Most pay
$192,132–$250,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$198k
versus about
$221k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Lyft
Lyft is a transportation network company offering ride-hailing services across the US and Canada.
Lyft currently has
15 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$140,800–$176,000
across 14 roles with salary data.
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Mobile Tooling team, you will build foundational systems and infrastructure to support hundreds of mobile engineers in creating stable, scalable apps. You will be responsible for maintaining mobile build and release infrastructure, managing project lifecycles from start to finish, and identifying opportunities for automation and architectural improvements. Your daily work involves developing tools to improve developer experience, building mobile-specific AI agent workflows, and maintaining Android Studio versions and third-party libraries. The role requires expertise in Kotlin, Python, Bash, and Bazel, along with experience managing high-performance CI pipelines and large-scale Android builds. You will solve complex problems related to build speed, code maintainability, and developer productivity while contributing to open-source technologies and mentoring junior engineers within the mobile development community.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.