Teaching Engineer

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At Lyft, community is what we are and it’s what we do. It’s what makes us different. To create the best ride for all, we start in our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization where all team members are recognized for what they bring.
 
Lyft connects people to transportation to change the way we live and get around our communities. Lyft’s engineering team is growing rapidly, and we are looking for a Teaching Engineer to help us scale. Come be part of a new team at Lyft focused on enabling and empowering engineering teams to deliver at scale.

In their work at Lyft, Teaching Engineers guide the entire knowledge-sharing process, from docs to workshops to online content. Teaching Engineers work with Lyft engineers to build expertise on impactful topics, including engineering best practices, incident response, and our data platform. The medium of delivery depends on the topic, but we take an interactive, project-based approach to learning whenever possible.  Meanwhile, we’ll offer opportunities to code, so you can keep your development skills sharp too. Between that and our ever-changing technical landscape, this role offers a rare balance between familiar content and fresh challenges.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with engineers to derive key information about how we write, test, ship, monitor, and maintain software at Lyft
  • Package information into documents, videos, interactive workshops, code-along projects, and any other format that might suit the material
  • Measure effectiveness of curriculum
  • Empower engineers to share their expertise by helping to shape their presentations and providing feedback on existing offerings

 Experience:

  • At least 1 year of software development experience
  • A demonstrated passion for teaching (paid or volunteer)
  • Pristine written and verbal communication skills
  • A degree in engineering, education, or communication is a plus
  • Curriculum-building experience is a plus

Benefits:

  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • In addition to 11 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
  • 401(k) plan to help save for your future
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
  • Monthly commuter subsidy to cover your transit to work
  • 20% off all Lyft rides

Lyft is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Lyft does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, and its internal policy, Lyft will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.