Staff Backend Software Engineer, Lime
CA$158-217k
Offers Equity & Bonus for eligible roles
Electric bike and scooter rentals
Open for applications
Electric bike and scooter rentals
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$158-217k
Offers Equity & Bonus for eligible roles
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of industry professional software development experience, and a track record of building impactful products or systems
- Customer obsessed. You put customers first
- Data driven. You have a strong data insight and rely on data to make decisions
- 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
- Technical proficiency to understand and contribute to the design and implementation of projects and ideas
- Experience in partnering with other leads from engineering, product, operations and compliance to craft roadmaps and measures of success
- Excellent communication and effective prioritization skills in working with competing priorities
- Passionate. You’re passionate about Lime's mission and micromobility; you want to see cities transform to becoming people-centric and less polluted
- (Preferred) Expert on cloud infrastructure and scaling systems
- (Preferred) Experience in Ruby on Rails
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join our team and help us revolutionize the way people move around cities
- 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 boatloads of 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
- Scrutinize and reason clearly about the technology and architecture choices we make. In many cases, you will be the decider of these decisions
- Lead the cross-functional collaboration with PMs, Engineers, Design, Data Scientists, Research, and Operations teams
- Mentor and lead other engineers on the team. Identify and develop future leaders
- Advise Lime’s leadership team on key technology adoption and process improvements
- Contribute to shaping overall engineering culture at the company
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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