Staff Software Engineer

Lyft

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Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Ukraine
Posted: 55 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Lyft is a transportation network company offering ride-hailing services across the US and Canada.

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As a Staff Software Engineer on the Global Support & Partnerships team, you will serve as a technical leader responsible for designing, owning, and scaling the Global Support Platform. You will set the technical vision for this product area, translate business goals into actionable engineering projects, and manage the technical roadmap while mentoring other engineers. Your daily work involves driving the adoption of AI and machine learning solutions to optimize support workflows and managing infrastructure improvements like observability, performance, and tech debt reduction. You will build and operate large-scale distributed systems using microservices, event-driven architectures, and high-throughput APIs. Required skills include proficiency in backend languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C#, along with experience in public cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Docker.

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Skills

AI Machine Learning Distributed Systems Microservices Event-driven Architecture Python Go Java C# AWS GCP Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Docker APIs Observability

What you'll do

Define the technical vision and architecture strategy for the Global Support Platform.
Integrate AI and machine learning solutions to optimize customer support workflows and operational efficiency.
Lead a team of engineers to solve complex problems while maintaining high standards for technical excellence.
Translate business goals into actionable engineering projects and manage the technical roadmap from conception to delivery.
Drive the adoption of AI development tools across teams while ensuring code quality and security.
Improve system observability, performance, and technical debt reduction across the organization.
Own platform stability by establishing best practices for deployment, alerting, and on-call health.
Align cross-functional partners in product, design, and operations to resolve bottlenecks and manage trade-offs.

What we're looking for

Must have 8+ years of software engineering industry experience.
Proven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale backend systems in production.
Experience setting technical direction for a product or platform area, including authoring architecture docs and aligning stakeholders.
Deep expertise in designing and operating distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, and high-throughput APIs.
Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Python, Go, Java, or C#.
Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes or Docker.
Proven ability to lead, mentor, and influence a team of engineers while setting technical standards.
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