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Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Jobs
Financials

How Lyft hires

Truth index
B 76/100
Median time to fill
40 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
95%
Reposted roles
0%

Lyft scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 21 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 95% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 40 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Visa sponsorship

  • United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 101 · green card filings: 46

Visa details by country

Overview

Lyft is an American ride-hailing company that connects riders with drivers through its mobile app in the United States and Canada, and also runs bike and scooter sharing systems in several cities. Its business includes Lyft Business programmes for companies, the Flexdrive vehicle rental service for drivers and Lyft Urban Solutions for municipal bikeshare operations. The company is listed on Nasdaq and employs product, engineering and operations staff in San Francisco, Toronto, New York and Montreal. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Lyft over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
160
Postings analysed
148
Stack modernity
84/100AI adopter
Languages
Python57%
SQL34%
Go14%
C++5%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch9%
TensorFlow9%
Jetpack Compose4%
Scikit-learn4%
Databases
DynamoDB3%
Snowflake3%
Presto3%
PostgreSQL3%
Cloud & platforms
AWS26%
GCP16%
Azure12%
Kubernetes9%
AI & ML
LLM9%
Claude5%
Gemini2%
ChatGPT1%
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Full Lyft tech stack 160 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$164k
Typical range
$38k – $325k
Open positions
93
88 Jobs
Intern 19.3%
Junior 14.8%
Middle 13.6%
Senior 33%
Staff 13.6%
Architect 5.7%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 17 $64k $50k – $136k
Junior 13 $111k $38k – $192k
Middle 12 $143k $83k – $177k
Senior 29 $185k $65k – $260k
Staff 12 $163k $63k – $220k
Architect 5 $295k $240k – $325k
Highest paying role VP, Global People Business Partners $325k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Lyft By role, level and city, against the market · 93 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
76/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
169
40 opened / 31 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
55 days
faster than 25% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
19% ▼
Marketing
7%
Data Science
6% ▼
AI/ML
6% ▼
Operations
6%
Analytics
5%
Actively hiring for Backend (+7 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Philadelphia Oct 2026
Added JAX to stack Oct 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack Oct 2026
Added Service Mesh to stack Oct 2026
Added Nginx to stack Oct 2026
Added Istio to stack Oct 2026
Added DNS to stack Oct 2026
Added Cilium to stack Oct 2026
New location: Longueuil Oct 2026
New location: Cleveland Oct 2026
New location: Boston Oct 2026
New location: Washington Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
42
Hiring now
15
Countries
5
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco United States
HQ
San Francisco Office
55 open roles 55 posted in 90 days 38% engineering 2% remote 500-1000 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for Product, AI/ML, Data Science
seen since Jan 2026 job postings
Toronto Canada
Support & operations
San Francisco Office
54 open roles 64 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 2% remote 500-1000 est. staff $76k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Data Science, AI/ML
seen since Jan 2026 job postings
New York United States
Plant / site
San Francisco Office
28 open roles 29 posted in 90 days 36% engineering 200-500 est. staff $183k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, Sales, Marketing
seen since Jan 2026 careers board, job postings
Montreal Canada
Engineering / R&D
Montreal Office
21 open roles 23 posted in 90 days 71% engineering 200-500 est. staff $54k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, QA, Hardware
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Mexico City Mexico
Engineering / R&D
Mexico City Coworking
13 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 69% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Security, Finance
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Nashville United States
Plant / site
Nashville Union Coworking
12 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $116k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Operations, Management
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Seattle United States
Engineering / R&D
Seattle Office
10 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 90% engineering 50-200 est. staff $184k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, AI/ML, Backend
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Longueuil Canada
Plant / site
Longueuil Office
6 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff $50k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, QA, Hardware
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Washington United States
Corporate office
Nashville Union Coworking
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $132k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Operations
seen since Aug 2026 careers board, job postings
Boston United States
Regional office
BOS McClellan XD - Hertz
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $83k Avg Salary
hires for Operations
seen since Aug 2026 careers board, job postings
Cleveland United States
Regional office
Cleveland Express Drive
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Sep 2026 careers board, job postings
Los Angeles United States
Flex - CA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% remote 1-10 est. staff $179k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Philadelphia United States
Philadelphia Express Drive
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Kyiv Ukraine
Flex - Ukraine
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 100% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Sacramento United States
Flex - CA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% remote 1-10 est. staff $164k Avg Salary
hires for Public Policy
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Berlin Germany
Regional office
Berlin - DNU
careers board
Chicago United States
Support & operations
Chicago Vehicle Service Center
careers board
Denver United States
Regional office
DEN Broadway XD - Hertz
careers board
Aurora United States
Support & operations
Aurora Vehicle Service Center
careers board
Dallas United States
Regional office
Dallas Fort-Worth Express Drive
careers board
Albany United States
Regional office
Albany
careers board
Detroit United States
Regional office
Detroit Express Drive
careers board
Baltimore United States
Regional office
Baltimore Express Drive
careers board
Buffalo United States
Regional office
Buffalo Hub
careers board
Charlotte United States
Regional office
Charlotte Partner Site - Flexdrive
careers board
Cincinnati United States
Regional office
Cincinnati Express Drive (DNU)
careers board
Charleston United States
Regional office
Charleston - DNU
careers board
Austin United States
Support & operations
Austin Vehicle Service Center
careers board
Columbus United States
Regional office
CMH Busch XD - ABG
careers board
Calgary Canada
Regional office
Calgary (inactive)
careers board
Anaheim United States
Regional office
Anaheim Hub - Hertz
careers board
Chesapeake United States
Regional office
Chesapeake Express Drive
careers board
Bellevue United States
Regional office
Bellevue Local Office
careers board
Buena Park United States
Regional office
Buena Park Hub - Hertz
careers board
Baldwin Park United States
Regional office
Baldwin Park Hub - Hertz
careers board
Commerce City United States
Regional office
Commerce City LUS
careers board
Dedham United States
Regional office
BOS Providence XD - Pep Boys
careers board
Catonsville United States
Regional office
BWI Baltimore National XD - Flexdrive
careers board
Glen Burnie United States
Regional office
BWI Crain XD - Hertz
careers board
Parkville United States
Regional office
BWI Joppa XD - Hertz
careers board
Charlestown United States
Regional office
Boston TBS
careers board
Brooklyn United States
Regional office
Brooklyn - DNU
careers board
Earlier presence
Phoenix, United States 1 open roles · last posting Sep 2026

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