Software Engineer, Lyft
Localization Team
CA$108-148k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Ride sharing company
Job no longer available
Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$108-148k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
- 3+ years of software engineering/production infrastructure industry experience
- Experience designing, debugging and running fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems
- Experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
- Experience working with databases, relational or NoSQL
- Led a set of components from design to launch
- Interest and experience with Map matching, Kalman filters and HMMs
- Interest in Mapping technologies
- We are looking for an engineer with proven expertise in system architecture, microservices, and big-data processing and experience in building scalable solutions in the cloud environments
- Additionally we are looking for someone with experience and interest in mapping, map-matching, HMMs, and Kalman filters
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Software Engineer to join the Localization team, responsible for processing all GPS signals of our users to better understand their location
- The team owns the services and infrastructure that map-matches in real-time to connect drivers and riders and to provide a location aware guidance experience for our users
- Additionally the team processes location data at the end of the ride to produce the distance and time that a driver spent on the ride
- The team is also responsible for the toll traversals of our drivers and ensuring accurate toll payments for them
- Overall the team is very technical and goes deep into problems to ensure we deliver high quality experiences to our customers
- Localization is a critical function for Lyft, and in this role you will be helping to ensure the reliable operations of services that are crucial for Lyft
- In this role, you will work with incredibly passionate and talented colleagues from software engineering, machine learning and data science on building rideshare experiences that delight millions of riders and drivers
- Lead large features from idea to positive execution and launch
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge, as well as on call rotations
- Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and promoting appropriate tech and engineering best practices
- Unblock, support and communicate with internal partners to achieve results
- Utilize your expertise in Python, Golang, AWS, C++ and SQL to deliver robust and scalable solutions
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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