Staff Software Engineer, Lyft
Risk
$176-220k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Ride sharing company
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Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$176-220k
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
- B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical field or relevant work experience
- 8+ years of professional experience building scale distributed systems with high availability, observability and reliability requirements
- Prior experience in insurance, claims management, or workflow orchestration is a strong plus
- Proven ability to build end-to-end products and platforms, collaborating effectively with backend, frontend, data, operations, and product teams
- Strong ability to reason about tradeoffs in system design, architecture, domain modeling, and operational cost
- Prior experience in Insurance, Claims management, Workflow orchestration is a strong plus
- Experience driving AI adoption or automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency
- Proficiency in Python. Knowledge of React/Next.js is a plus
- Experience with data processing frameworks and tools like Spark, Kafka, Airflow and cloud provisioning environments etc
- Strong oral and written interpersonal skills
What the job involves
- The Risk Tech engineering organization is dedicated to tangibly reducing accident frequency, saving lives, and controlling costs to make rides safer & more affordable
- Claim Management is a core financial function for Lyft
- Each claim touches complex workflows, multiple stakeholders, sensitive data, reserves, regulatory processes, and large financial liabilities
- This role is an opportunity to shape an industry-leading claims management system
- Our vision is to establish a single, Unified Risk Platform where end-to-end claims workflows across all business lines are efficiently managed, communications are consolidated, and data is organized for data-driven intelligence
- This enables cost-efficient claims operations, drives down risks and costs as Lyft scales, and ensures people receive the help they need quickly and accurately
- We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to set the technical direction, drive architectural decisions, and lead the development of a highly reliable, scalable, and intelligent Risk Management Information System that powers our insurance platform
- You will collaborate with passionate colleagues from backend, frontend, data, product, mobile, and operations to deliver end-to-end solutions
- Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for claims management systems, aligning priorities with Product, Operations, Science, and other stakeholders
- Provide architectural leadership, make informed design tradeoffs, and guide strategic platform decisions across multiple engineering teams
- Deliver scalable, reliable, and well-tested solutions, writing maintainable code and raising engineering standards
- Collaborate closely with internal claims operation teams, external insurance partners, and cross-functional engineering groups to ensure technical alignment and scalable integrations
- Drive platform innovation through AI adoption and automation
- Mentor team members within and outside of the team
- Have a good grasp and ability to explain the various trade offs made in decisions
- Lead code reviews, design reviews, production on-call support and incident triaging process
- Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and promoting 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 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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