Engineering Manager, Rider Loyalty
Lyft is hiring an Engineering Manager, Rider Loyalty in Toronto, Canada. It pays $172k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Lyft.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- The posting mentions iOS, Android and AI Tools among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a mid-level role.
- Lyft has 169 other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team owning the rider membership and rewards platform while leveraging standard AI coding tools.
At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.
The Rider Loyalty team is where riders become members. We build the membership, rewards, and benefits products that give people a reason to choose Lyft on every trip, and we make sure the value a rider has earned shows up at the moment it matters. Loyalty sits inside the Rider Loyalty, Partnerships, and Rider Pay (PLP) group.
You will lead a team of engineers across iOS, Android, and Server. You will own the membership and rewards platform end to end and work daily with Product, Design, Data Science, and Partnerships.
Responsibilities:
- Own the Loyalty roadmap from strategy through delivery. Turn goals like member growth and retention into an engineering plan, and manage the dependencies that run through Partnerships and Rider Pay.
- Build and scale the systems behind membership, rewards earning and redemption, and benefit delivery.
- Hold a high technical bar through architecture reviews, tech debt management, observability, reliability, and on-call.
- Grow engineers by matching people to the right opportunities, setting clear expectations, and giving feedback early.
Experience:
- 5+ years building software professionally, including 2+ years directly managing engineers.
- You have managed a team that shipped both mobile and backend work, and you can still read and review code in at least one of those areas.
- You have owned a consumer product used by millions of people each month.
- You use AI tools in your own work and have a clear view of where they help and where they do not.
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits:
- Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits
- Mental health benefits
- Family building benefits
- Child care and pet benefits
- Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account
- RRSP plan with company match to help save for your future
- In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service
- Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits
Lyft is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging. Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned record of offences, or any other basis protected by applicable law or by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Accommodation for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request in accordance with applicable law during the application and hiring process. Please contact your recruiter if you wish to make such a request.
Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office at least 3 days per week, including on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid
The expected base pay range for this position in the Toronto area is CAD $172,000 - CAD $215,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.
Lyft may use artificial intelligence to screen applicants, however, Lyft employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions.
This job fills an existing vacancy.
How we rate this
Engineering Manager, Rider Loyalty at Lyft rates 40 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where engineering management was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where mobile development was part of your work. What did you do?
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- Tell me about a project where product strategy was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where team leadership was part of your work. What did you do?
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