Software Engineer, Lyft
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$148-185k
Salary is benchmarked on Seattle rates and may vary on further locations
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3-5 days a week in office
Ride sharing company
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Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$148-185k
Salary is benchmarked on Seattle rates and may vary on further locations
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with high-level programming languages; experience with Python and Go is a plus
- BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience
- Strong background in distributed systems, and proficient in both relational and NoSQL databases
- Proven experience in designing, debugging, and managing fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems
What the job involves
- Lyft is looking for experienced and product-focused software engineers
- We are growing our team with people who want to build, improve, and incorporate technologies that enrich the lives of our community
- As an engineer at Lyft, you'll collaborate cross functionally with product, data science, analytics, and operations on code that empowers us to iterate quickly while focusing on delighting our passengers and drivers
- Write well-crafted, maintainable code and collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to deliver complex features from idea to execution
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, while considering business context and failure modes in design decisions
- Participate in code reviews, ensuring code quality, sharing knowledge, and mentoring junior engineers
- Join the on-call rotation, triaging and resolving incidents/issues across applications and platforms
- Contribute to defining the roadmap and architecture, and identify opportunities for process improvement and automation
- Participate in hiring activities: take part in technical interviews, live coding, share detailed feedback to hire the best technical talent in the function
Our take
Lyft has aimed for consistent growth, making sure to pitch itself as a more reliable and friendly ride-sharing option than its main competitor, Uber. Uber has a greater market share and operates globally, but Lyft hopes to compete by its focus on ride-sharing over Uber's more diversified business approach and as a more rider-friendly and greener alternative to Uber.
Operating only in the USA and Canada, Lyft is in a position of being less affected by global events than Uber but also more vulnerable to local conditions. As an example, while it doesn't face the regulatory hurdles around employment rights that Uber does, it is unable to balance out the cost of the unusually expensive US auto insurance across its operations.
In 2022, Lyft acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a bike-share equipment and technology supplier, allowing Lyft to compete in new verticals and reaffirming its commitment to green transportation. It has also trialed and launched Lyft Assisted, where drivers help passengers from their door into the car to get to medical appointments. These developments chime well with Lyft's unique selling point as a friendlier and more environmentally aware ride-sharing app.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Jun 2018
$600m
LATE VC
Mar 2018
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $4.9bn
Company benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
- Family building benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Zimmer
(Co-Founder)Originally an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Zimmer then founded Zimride which was a private ridesharing company that pivoted into Lyft.
Logan Green
(Co-Founder)Founded Zimride, a private ridesharing company which later pivoted into Lyft.
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