Staff Software Engineer, Lime
Task Platform
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
- The ideal candidate will be passionate about urban transportation, excited to innovate, and eager to scale solutions that make a difference on a global scale
- 6+ years of professional software development experience with a track record of building and maintaining high-quality software that deliver business impact
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with product managers and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Experience conducting code reviews and implementing best practices to ensure scalable and maintainable code
- Experience in designing and implementing scalable and robust system architectures
- Ability to provide technical guidance, mentor junior engineers, and foster a culture of continuous learning and quality engineering
- (Preferred) Ruby in Rails
- (Preferred) Golang
- (Preferred) Operational tooling: Routing, labor planning, ticket system, task prioritization, etc
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our Task Platform team, playing a key role in driving the success of our global operations
- As a member of this team, you'll work on optimizing critical business functions, such as labor planning, vehicle positioning optimization, and task routing, all of which are core to Lime’s operations
- In this role, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to create innovative backend solutions that scale our global fleet, ensuring our operations run smoothly across diverse locations
- Your work will directly impact the efficiency of our operations, with your contributions being felt across the entire company
- Lead projects with the collaboration of other engineers, product managers, and operations to successfully deliver on key objectives
- Be responsible for the technical direction and engineering quality of the team with the ability to identify, define, and solve technical problems in the form of raising engineering standards and influencing technical decisions
- Scrutinize and reason clearly about the technology and architecture choices we make. In many cases, you will be the decider of these decisions
- Troubleshooting and full-cycle incident response (mitigation, correction, prevention)
- Mentor and lead other engineers at Lime helping to identify and develop future leaders
- Advise Lime’s leadership team on key technology adoption and process improvements
- Participate in building Lime’s team by performing software engineering interviews
- 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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