Senior Staff Software Engineer, Lyft
Partners
$200-250k
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
$200-250k
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
- Lyft is looking for experienced, product-focused software engineers for our Partners Team
- BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
- 20+ years of software engineering 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.)
- Proficiency in scripting languages to use APIs to automate manual processes
- Experience with common CI tools (Jenkins, Buildkite, CircleCI, TeamCity), and proficiency in at least one of those tools
- Sold knowledge of distributed systems, relational and NoSQL databases
- Ability to communicate in English in writing, meeting and presentations
- Proven experience in creating and implementing long-term technical visions
- Strong understanding of system architecture principles and data strategies
- Experience in designing target state architectures for multiple products
- Expertise in evolving engineering systems to be more efficient and reliable
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineering talent
- Experience in identifying and leveraging technical synergies across different business units
What the job involves
- 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 with teams like sales, product, data science, analytics, and operations on code that empowers us to iterate quickly while focusing on delighting our passengers and drivers
- As a Staff Software Engineer for Partners, you will lead multiple work streams that improve partner experience with the Org
- In addition, you will focus on incentivizing businesses, partners to prefer Lyft, building differentiated features for specific use-cases like travel, healthcare & media and integrating strategic partners into the Lyft rideshare ecosystem
- As an engineer on our team, you'll work hand in hand with various teams across Lyft, fostering collaboration and driving innovation to increase the adoption & usage of Lyft
- Define technical roadmap for team, identifying areas that need improvement and leading cross-team solutions
- Provide technical leadership for an org of 30 - 40 engineers
- Identify, architect, and build the right systems or products to improve the business
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
- Have a good grasp and ability to explain the various trade-offs made in decisions
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
- Proactively participate in resolving ongoing incidents
- Enable collaboration across multiple teams to deliver on cross-team initiatives, while delegating ownership and uplifting those around them
- Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and evangelizing appropriate tech and engineering best practices
- Assist in creating a long-term technical vision for the Org
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
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
Articles
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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