Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Lime
Product Tooling
$136-187k
Offers equity and bonus
More information about location
Electric bike and scooter rentals
Be an early applicant
Electric bike and scooter rentals
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$136-187k
Offers equity and bonus
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free.
Role
Who you are
- Prior experience with React.js or other modern Javascript frameworks (Vue, Angular, Ember, etc) is a plus
- 5+ years of industry professional software development experience as backend / fullstack software engineer, and a track record of building impactful products
- Experience in leading large full-stack engineering projects, preferably having started from scratch and worked through all phases of product development, from planning and design to execution, to launch and monitoring
- Customer obsessed. You put customers first
- Owner’s mindset. You're a self-starter and get things across the finish line
- Strong collaborator. You understand cross-functional strategies and involve key stakeholders in decision making
- Passionate. You’re passionate about Lime's mission and micromobility
- If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page
What the job involves
- We are looking for a strong senior full-stack engineer on the Product Tooling team to elevate our product tooling offerings to the next level
- The Product Tooling team is critical to Lime’s success. The mission of this team is to build scalable tooling products to revolutionize Lime’s operations
- This team achieves outsized impact through leverage. Every tool and feature built by this team are used widely by both internal and external users
- Develop modern web applications that serve both our external and our internal users
- Hold a high bar in building quality tooling that customers love. Obsess with customer satisfaction and aim to solve customers’ pain points with intuitive and user-friendly tools
- Lead the cross-functional collaboration with PMs, Engineers, Design, Research, Data Scientists, and Operations teams
- Closely monitor the performance of our web stack and be able to respond to system failures
- Scrutinize and reason clearly about the technology and architecture choices we make. In many cases, you will be the decision-maker for these architectural and technical choices
- Mentor and support other engineers on the team
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 - in 2023, Lime began 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. A substantial increase in ridership enabled Lime to achieve "free cash flow positivity" two years in a row, with suggestions it will pursue a US IPO in 2027.
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 benefits
- Disability insurance
- 401(k)
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Toby
(Co-Founder & 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
(Co-Founder & 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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