The opportunity
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.
What you'll do
Lead a team responsible for Lyft's foundational data layer, including catalog: and metadata management, table formats (Iceberg/Delta), and the gateway and access patterns that all other data systems build on
Drive the team's contribution to Lyft's multi-year lakehouse modernization,: including the migration to Unity Catalog and the convergence of metadata across the data stack
Partner with peer Data Platform teams (Compute, Data Trust & Governance, Data: Orchestration, Streaming) and engineering organizations across Lyft to ensure the foundation evolves coherently with the systems built on top of it
Define and own the team's technical direction, balancing platform-level: investment with the day-to-day reliability needs of a foundational layer that thousands of pipelines and queries depend on
Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers: across levels, including senior individual contributors operating at staff level and engineers early on in their careers
Ensures the team operates with strong ownership, makes effective decisions in: ambiguous and high-stakes situations, and demonstrates technical rigor in a domain where mistakes propagate across the company's data systems
What they're looking for
- Foster a culture of cross-team engagement, where engineers proactively: partner with customers and adjacent teams rather than working in isolation
- Provide ongoing feedback and coaching, recognize individual contributions,: and ensure each engineer has clear expectations and support to grow in their role
- Own your team's deliverables and ensure that the foundational systems they: own remain reliable, scalable, and well-understood by the broader engineering organization
- + years of experience as an Engineering Manager, leading teams of 5+: engineers including senior individual contributors
