Software Engineer

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

 Our transport network serves the needs of millions of people every day who want to get from one place to another using Lyft cars, bikes and scooters, with public transportation, or on foot in the most efficient way. To serve these needs, we need to suggest the fastest, most affordable and safest routes. We achieve this by processing millions of rides, taking into account the latest traffic information and analyzing the preferences of drivers.

To strengthen our efforts, we are hiring a Software Engineer who will work on improving our routing engine, on building cloud-based services that can process millions of route requests per day and on creating workflows to process and analyze the data collected from our rides. For this we are looking for someone who has a strong background in software architecture  and algorithms and understands at the same time how to build efficient cloud based services..

Our technology stack is based on the latest technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes and Apache Airflow. You will work with incredibly passionate and talented colleagues from software engineering, machine learning and data science on projects that delight millions of passengers and drivers. 

Responsibilities:

• Drive high-impact projects and innovate new solutions to provide the best routing experience possible
• Build and deploy mission critical algorithms and services that can serve millions of requests per day (routing engine: C++, backend services: Go, Python)
• Analyze rides, understand customer pain points, prioritize and size feature requests and help design solutions based on our business needs
• Create a resilient and scalable infrastructure (cloud-based services and workflows) that enables rapid iteration
• Participate in our production on call rotation to maintain our services, ensuring their stability and reliability

Experience:

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Extensive experience in object-oriented programming (ideally C++ or Go)
• Hands-on experience with cloud computing using AWS, GCP or Azure
• Experience with big data processing / distributed data pipelines and tools such as Apache Airflow and Spark
• Strong verbal and written communication skills 
• Interest in Mapping technologies

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Subsidized commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the New York City area is $128,000-$160,000. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.