Job Overview
Location
San Francisco, CA
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
April 14, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As a Staff Software Engineer on Lyft’s Cloud Security team, you will help build and scale a critical function that protects the company’s cloud infrastructure, ensuring the safety of user data and systems across multi-cloud and container environments.
- • Day to day, you will establish and execute a roadmap for secure cloud architecture, write readable and maintainable code, design security protocols for Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure at scale, lead large projects from inception to implementation, and collaborate with engineering teams to build inherently secure solutions.
- • You will partner with internal teams on organizational security initiatives, unblock and support cross-functional partners, exercise sound judgment in ambiguous situations, and implement detections, remediate findings, and enforce least privilege and separation of development environments.
- • The Cloud Security team at Lyft focuses on improving security maturity by architecting and executing a comprehensive security model for cloud infrastructure, impacting the entire company from infrastructure to web and mobile applications, IT, and autonomous vehicles.
- • In this role, you will deepen your expertise in cloud security, automation, and tooling while contributing to high-impact objectives that scale security through engineering practices, frequent shipping, and collaboration across Lyft’s rapidly growing engineering organization.
🎯 Requirements
- • 6+ years of relevant industry experience
- • Experience with modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go) and distributed systems
- • Deep expertise with one or more major cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Oracle Cloud, etc.)
- • Expertise in cloud service architecture and cloud security concepts
- • Experience with Kubernetes and container security
- • Familiarity with securing and hardening Linux hosts
- • Ability to write clear, scalable, and clear design documentation
🏖️ Benefits
- • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
- • Mental health benefits
- • Family building benefits
- • Child care and pet benefits
- • 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- • In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- • 18 weeks of paid parental leave for biological, adoptive, and foster parents
- • Subsidized commuter benefits
- • Lyft Pink – exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of the Ridership Program
- • Hybrid work model: expected in-office 3 days per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays) with flexibility to work from anywhere up to 4 weeks per year
Skills & Technologies
About Lyft, Inc.
Lyft is a transportation network company that offers ride-sharing services through a mobile app. Users can request rides from drivers using their own vehicles. The company operates in numerous cities across the United States and Canada, providing a convenient and often more affordable alternative to traditional taxis. Lyft's business model relies on connecting riders with drivers, taking a commission on each fare. Beyond standard rides, Lyft also offers services like shared rides, premium vehicles, and bike/scooter rentals in select markets, aiming to be a comprehensive urban mobility solution.
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