Data Engineer, Lime
CA$121-147k
Electric bike and scooter rentals
Be an early applicant
Electric bike and scooter rentals
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$121-147k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related technical field
- 2+ years of experience in data engineering and distributed systems
- Hands-on experience building and scaling data stacks on cloud providers (AWS preferred), including experience with Snowflake
- Expertise in developing and debugging complex data transformations using Python and high-performance SQL
- Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow
- Familiarity with distributed processing technologies like Spark, Flink, or Kafka
- Understanding of data modeling, ETL pipelines, and experience with data transformation tools like dbt
- Familiarity with modern data governance tools and practices (cataloging, lineage, and PII masking)
- Experience with Iceberg, Debezium, or Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform for managing data infrastructure
What the job involves
- Design, build, and maintain high-throughput ETL/ELT pipelines for data ingestion, processing, and storage solutions
- Develop complex, performance-tuned data transformations using Python, high-performance SQL, and tools like dbt
- Contribute to our technical strategy and how we can scale to support future business needs
- Implement data ops best practices, including CI/CD for data pipelines, version-controlled schemas (dbt), and automated testing
- Help drive data reliability and observability strategy, including improving data quality and lineage tracking
- Work with distributed processing systems like Spark, Flink, or Kafka to support scalable batch and real-time operational analytics
- Partner with the ML Platform team to prepare and provide clean, feature-rich datasets for model training and inference
- Ensure data stewardship by contributing to documentation, discoverability, and implementing robust data privacy and access controls
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 - in 2023, Lime began 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. A substantial increase in ridership enabled Lime to achieve "free cash flow positivity" two years in a row, with suggestions it will pursue a US IPO in 2027.
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 benefits
- Disability insurance
- 401(k)
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Toby
(Co-Founder & 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
(Co-Founder & 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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