Lyft salaries revealed: How much software engineers, data scientists, and others at the ride-hailing company get paid

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• Lyft is expanding into new products, such as self-driving cars.
• Software engineers can earn base salaries of as much as $312,000, work visa data shows.
• Here's what the ride-hailing service pays some tech workers, from data scientists to designers.

Lyft is setting itself up for its next stage of growth.

The service, which relies on about 1 million gig-worker drivers, is breaking into new areas, including launching a service for older riders called Lyft Silver and one for teens.