Senior Software Engineer, Lyft
Growth Platforms
$148-185k
Plus potential equity offering and bonus
3 days a week in office
Ride sharing company
Open for applications
Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$148-185k
Plus potential equity offering and bonus
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
- We’re looking for someone who can build & own innovative applications, passionate about solving problems with distributed computing in building reliable systems, and is excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative, and collegial environment
- We are looking for candidates who are self starters and have a proven track record of delivering software solutions that can solve critical business needs
- We’re looking for a candidate who thrives in tackling complex, ambiguous challenges and can craft effective technical solutions
- You should be ready to take ownership of a project or feature, guiding it from design all the way through to implementation
- BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
- 5+ years of software engineering industry experience
- Extensive experience in object oriented programming, ideally in Python or GoLang
- Experience in backend software development of large-scale distributed systems, concurrency and NoSQL databases
- Experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
- Successfully led the design and launch of multiple components from concept to production
- Strong oral and written communication skills, and ability to collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners
What the job involves
- To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization
- We have an ambitious goal to strengthen our international presence by growing a life-changing product, and your efforts will play an essential role in our collective success
- Growth teams are at the heart of our products and decision-making to drive business growth
- We’re looking for passionate, driven engineers to build systems that empower our users (both Drivers and Riders) to make the most effective use of Lyft’s products and experiences by making them more predictive, personalized, and adaptive
- As a Senior Software Engineer, with your technical expertise you will build and own innovative applications with a desire to achieve exceptional design fidelity, usability, accessibility, and performance
- You will be responsible for sound technical execution of projects through hands-on development, quality-assurance, and prototyping
- These projects will require close collaboration with our product managers, user interface designers, brand producers, data scientists, and engineering teams
- You’ll be managing multiple exciting projects at once, so being able to juggle these initiatives is key
- We’re also counting on you to be a champion for best engineering practices, guiding engineers, designers, and management along the way
- The Growth Platforms team owns both the Incentives & Messaging systems for Lyft
- These systems determine & send the right messaging and/or incentives to the right user at the right time
- We work with lyft-wide engineering teams including rider & driver teams, growth & product marketing, legal & compliance, and support teams to adapt our services and the platform offerings to be able to enable growth across Lyft
- You will gain comprehensive knowledge of Lyft's internal services and operations and adapt them to meet the growth needs
- You will have the opportunity to build and improve the quality and efficiency of the various growth tools that are critical for Lyft
- Help establish roadmaps and architecture based on technology and business needs
- Unblock, support, effectively communicate, and obtain buy-in across teams to achieve results
- Lead projects of multiple people from idea to positive execution
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
- Utilize your expertise in Python, Golang, AWS, AI to deliver robust and scalable solutions
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
- Proactively participate in resolving ongoing incidents and oncall rotations
- Share your knowledge through tech talks, mentorship, and evangelizing appropriate tech and engineering best practices
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 trialled 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, whilst the acquisition of European competitor Freenow could add 6 million new riders to its platform in 2026.
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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