Staff Software Engineer
AI summary of the role
Staff Software Engineer on Lyft's Mobile Tooling team, building and scaling the build and release infrastructure for hundreds of mobile engineers.
No longer in the current catalog. Last included 2026-09-09. Check the employer’s posting for availability.
What you’ll do
- Create and maintain mobile build and release infrastructure for hundreds of mobile engineers
- Guide projects from start to finish, ensuring cross-functional alignment and stakeholder support
- Analyze systems for improvement and automation, leading architectural reviews
- Build mobile-specific AI agent workflows to enhance developer productivity
What you’ll bring
- Minimum 5+ years of software engineering industry experience
- Experience supporting large Android builds (Bazel preferred)
- Experience building command-line tools using Python or Bash
- Experience maintaining a high-performance CI pipeline
Technologies
Android · Bazel · Kotlin · Jetpack Compose · Python · Bash · CI · AI agents · Cursor · Android Studio
About Lyft
North American rideshare marketplace plus bikeshare (Citi Bike) and, post-FreeNow, European taxi-hailing across 9 countries.
Public
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
proud of our apps, used by millions, reflected in excellent development practices and thoughtful code architecture designed for rapid releases. We focus on delightful user experiences, balancing our roadmap with a mix of developing new tools and infrastructure with refining existing ones based on direct feedback from our internal customers—other mobile engineers. Watch some of our presentations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u40WqvdRsg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18tEI7YdUtg4bL9yxv1Xjg Open source contributions: https://mobilenativefoundation.org/ https://github.com/lyft/Hammer Responsibilities: Work within our Mobile Tooling team and across the Lyft Mobile development community to create and maintain our mobile build and release infrastructure, building great tools for hundreds of mobile engineers to build, test, and release apps quickly, making their day-to-day joyful
More from the job description
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. Join our Mobile Tooling team, where we build foundational systems for Lyft's mobile engineers, enabling them to create stable, scalable, polished, and efficient mobile apps. We're passionate about developer experience, providing flexible tooling for rapid innovation. Are you an enthusiastic engineer with a passion for crafting Android productivity tools and robust infrastructure? Elevate your skills with our Mobile Tooling team, playing a crucial role in scaling development practices and iteration speed for hundreds of mobile engineers. We support apps with millions of lines of code, hundreds of modules, and industry-leading mobile build systems, keeping builds under 30 seconds locally and 15 minutes in CI. We're proud of our apps, used by millions, reflected in excellent development practices and thoughtful code architecture designed for rapid releases. We focus on delightful user experiences, balancing our roadmap with a mix of developing new tools and infrastructure with refining existing ones based on direct feedback from our internal customers—other mobile engineers. Watch some of our presentations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u40WqvdRsg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18tEI7YdUtg4bL9yxv1Xjg O [... source excerpt omitted ...] ion in the San Francisco area is $176,000 - $220,000, 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.
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