Senior Backend Software Engineer, Lime
CA$130-178k
+ Annual performance bonus & Equity for eligible roles
Electric bike and scooter rentals
Open for applications
Electric bike and scooter rentals
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$130-178k
+ Annual performance bonus & Equity for eligible roles
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have experience working in an evolving startup environment
- You will be an in the moment problem solver with the ability to think about the short term and long term plan
- You're energized about building and scaling and being part of a forward-thinking organization
- 5+ years of industry professional software development experience and a track record of building impactful products or systems
- 2+ years of experience coding in Ruby on Rails preferred
- Data driven. You have a strong data insight and rely on data to make decisions
- Customer obsessed. You put customers first
- Owner’s mindset. You're a self-starter and get things across the finish line
- Outcomes oriented. You focus on impact
- Strong influencer. You motivate and empower your team to go above and beyond
- Strong collaborator. You understand cross-functional strategies and involve key stakeholders in decision making
- Passionate. You’re passionate about Lime's mission and micromobility; you want to see cities transform to become people-centric and less polluted
What the job involves
- Lime is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to join our City Success Engineering team
- The City Success team is directly responsible to help Lime win, retain and expand markets globally which puts the team in a very critical space which can revolutionize the urban commute
- We innovate on behalf of the cities and its people, with end to end tech features which help Lime and riders scale globally, making urban commute eco friendly and sustainable, while being safe and fun
- The team will directly impact how people commute 5 years from now, making this a critical position in a unique team
- As a key member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to design and build the core technology that powers our fleet of connected vehicles
- With our rapid global expansion, you’ll play a vital role in crafting backend systems that can process requests from our IoT devices and consumer-facing apps
- You will also have the chance to improve our suite of operational tools that enable our distributed workforce to charge, deploy, and maintain our electric vehicles
- You get an opportunity to work with a talented group of engineers, data scientists, designers and PMs who are passionate about creating innovative solutions for urban transportation!
- Identify, define, and solve strategically essential technical problems, including architecting and building highly scalable foundational platforms, leading new product initiatives, and revamping core application experiences
- Involve in the cross-functional collaboration with PMs, Engineers, Design, Data Scientists, Research, and Operations teams
- Design and build scalable solutions to handle the problems facing micro-mobility tomorrow
- Design and build high quality solutions to enable cities to have a good experience with Lime and for Lime and riders to have a safe experience with cities
- Participate, Ideate, develop and shape the future of micro-mobility as we and our industry ventures into new markets and city regulations
Application process
- Use of artificial intelligence or an LLM such as ChatGPT during the interview process will be grounds for rejection of your application
Our take
In recent years, electric-powered mobility companies have attracted an extraordinary amount of interest and funding, in part due to rising eco-friendly sentiment, and in part because of the race to "find the next Uber". Lime is one such company, that has rapidly scaled across multiple geographies to be a key player in the fight for market leadership.
Lime, along with its competitors, has had to grapple with regulation in many of its target markets, but nonetheless has steadily increased its footprint. Since its launch, the company has facilitated millions of trips, making it one of the biggest companies of its kind. Interestingly, the CEO has stated that "cars are our true business rivals—not other scooter companies", suggesting that its biggest business challenge will be to get families to give up their second cars.
With a presence that spans an impressive number of regions - most recently Lime has begun operating in Qatar - the company has cemented itself in the micromobility market, and stands to profit from the increasing popularity of these types of services. Across 2022, a substantial increase in ridership enabled Lime to achieve a "full profitable year", with suggestions it will pursue an IPO in the near future.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2021
$523m
CONVERTIBLE
May 2020
$170m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Toby
(Board Advisor)Founder and CEO of ZERO&. Was a Marketing Manager at Pepsi for 6 years before doing an MBA at Berkeley. Moved into consulting and VC for 5 years before starting Lime.
Brad
(Chairman)VP of Business Development at Tencent for 8 years. Managing Partner of a VC firm for 3 years, where he worked with Toby. Has an MBA from Berkeley.
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