Description
Lyft is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer for its Business Travel team, which enables organisations to provide customised ride benefits at scale.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will build systems that power complex benefit rules, location restrictions, and integrations with expense providers like Concur and Expensify.
Responsibilities:
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code
- Explain trade-offs made in decisions
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
- Implement tasks with good quality code leading to positive execution
- Participate in resolving ongoing incidents
- Unblock, support, effectively communicate, and obtain buy-in within your team to achieve results
Experience:
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of designing and shipping production systems at scale
- Strong system design instincts , reasoning through distributed systems trade-offs, identifying failure modes, and choosing the right architecture
- Practical experience with AI development to improve product experiences
- Hands-on experience with large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed systems in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming; experience with languages and frameworks used in Lyft's stack is a plus
- Solid foundations in relational and NoSQL databases , data modelling, query optimisation, and operational considerations
- Experience in finance, including expensing or travel platforms, is a strong plus
- Fin Tech experience is a strong plus
- Clear communicator who can explain technical decisions in writing, in design reviews, and across teams
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Benefits:
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs
- Mental health benefits
- Family building benefits
- Child care and pet benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Discretionary paid time off and 18 weeks of paid parental leave
- Subsidised commuter benefits
- Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership
The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $148,000 - $185,000.