Software Engineer, Lyft
Airports
$139.5-155k
+ Equity + Bonus
Ride sharing company
Job no longer available
Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$139.5-155k
+ Equity + Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of software engineering industry experience with proven track record of impactful work
- Experience defining API schemas and developing backend services in a microservices environment
- Strong experience with a backend language; extra points for Python or Go
- Familiarity with RPC schemas such as Protocol Buffers, gRPC, Avro or Thrift
- Familiarity with developing in container-based environment such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Take pride in reducing technical debt; your attention to small details and keeping code/configuration clean and maintainable is something you value
- History of going out of your way to help out your fellow engineer to make them more productive
What the job involves
- The Airports team is part of a mission-critical endeavor that keeps travelers moving smoothly
- As an engineer on our team, your role will be essential in making sure drivers and riders enjoy a dependable experience at airports
- You'll work hand in hand with various teams across Lyft, fostering collaboration and driving innovation to tackle the unique challenges of the travel and airports industry
- Your responsibilities will also involve managing real-time communication with airports, ensuring our technology integrates seamlessly into their operations
- Design, develop, deploy, monitor, operate and maintain existing or new elements of our simulations platform
- Help establish roadmap and architecture based on technology and our needs
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
- Analyze our internal systems and processes and locate areas for improvement/automation
- Collaborate with product org stakeholders to address and prioritize custom edge cases
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
- Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and promoting appropriate tech and engineering best practices
- Can help lead large projects from idea to positive execution
- Unblock, support and communicate with internal partners to achieve results
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.
Steph
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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