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.
Lyft’s Driver organization builds the products that help millions of drivers make a living, support their families, and pursue their passions. We’re looking for a talented Senior Product Designer to lead design across some of our most complex and interconnected focus areas—spanning core and earnings products that shape the end-to-end Driver experience.
This isn’t a single-surface design role. You’ll work across multiple product teams simultaneously, connecting the dots between systems to design safe, efficient, and intuitive products that help Drivers make a living, ensuring they have the best experience when using Lyft. You’ll partner closely with engineering, product management, research, data science, and marketing to define strategy, explore bold ideas, deliver a clear design vision, and ship high-quality experiences with drivers’ needs at the center.
We’re seeking a candidate who will advocate and maintain a customer-centric culture within Lyft, and be happy and comfortable in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. You’re experienced with every step of product development, from brainstorming broad ideas to ensure design quality through launch. Using your full range of interaction, visual, and product thinking skills, you will lead and own high-priority Driver experiences across our product teams.
Drivers are our core customers—they are at the center of everything we make, build and create. By joining this team, you’ll have a rare opportunity to solve tough, meaningful problems while having a direct impact on people’s livelihoods.
Responsibilities:
- Partner strategically with product and engineering to define roadmaps and shape the future direction of your areas, inspiring teammates and cross-functional partners by bringing new ideas to the table.
- Problem solve, think big, and explore divergent concepts/ideas while understanding how to converge and build iteratively towards your vision.
- Influence the shape of the product with research and data while executing design work using high quality wireframes, mockups, user journeys, and cross-platform interactive prototypes.
- Advocate for design by sharing your work and presenting cross-functionally, while being able to precisely articulate design rationale.
- Build unified, end-to-end experiences through close collaboration across multiple product teams and functions.
- Create reusable design frameworks, documentation, and patterns that scale beyond individual projects.
Experience:
- 6+ years of experience working in UX, UI, HCI related field with strong experience in mobile product design
- Experience working and building strong partnerships with a cross-functional team of Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Researchers
- Excellent oral and written communication and storytelling skills
- Experience with user research methods and analysis
- Expertise with Figma and prototyping tools (including AI)
- Excellence in design craft with superb attention to detail. Deep knowledge and applied experience in information architecture and graphic design (layout, typography, color)
- Demonstrated systems thinking—ability to see how products, features, and frameworks connect across a complex ecosystem.
- Experience working across multiple product teams with competing priorities, not just a single pod
- Ability to work with a low-ego, high collaboration with the team, and genuine care for the people your products serve
Even if you don't meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply. We know talent takes many shapes.
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 with company match 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. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Subsidized commuter benefits
- Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership
Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid
The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco or New York City area is $148,000 - $185,000, 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.