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At a glance
Lyft is hiring a Counsel, Patents & IP in Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY +1. It is a full-time role in Risk, Compliance & Legal, asking for at least 5 years of experience. The advertised pay is $144,320–$180,400 a year. Lyft has 78 other openings in the US, 1 of them in Philadelphia, PA. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 2 Risk & Legal openings in Philadelphia, PA today; the typical one asks for 8 years and advertises about $246,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Lyft advertises $144,320 to $180,400 a year, a midpoint of $162,360 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is lower than about 71% of the 14 risk & legal jobs in Pennsylvania that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $185,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and Pennsylvania tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
Before you apply
- Location. Based in Philadelphia, PA (or one of 2 other locations).
- Experience. The advert asks for at least 5 years.
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About hiring at Lyft
Lyft has 79 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 8 states. Most are in data & AI (15), software & IT (14) and operations (12). The biggest locations are San Francisco, CA (56), New York, NY (31) and Seattle, WA (14). None of them is fully remote, 13% are open to entry-level candidates and 99% show pay. We collect Lyft's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Greenhouse), never from job boards or agencies.
From Lyft's advert
Own the patent portfolio end to end for the company — invention harvesting, invention disclosure meetings, portfolio mining, and directing patent application preparation and prosecution by…
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