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Software Engineer Intern, Backend (Summer 2027 - Mexico)

Lyft Mexico City On-site entry internship

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Description

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.

Interns work side-by-side with top engineers in the industry while having autonomy from the get-go. They contribute to user-facing products and are able to see their work go live quickly. Lyft fosters a collaborative environment in the office, so there's always a sharp mind eager to hear about your next idea.

Responsibilities:

  • Own your project, while checking in with other team members throughout the day with questions and updates
  • Leave the code in a better state than when you found it (progressive refactor)
  • Value reliability, ensured by testing (unit, integration and load tests)
  • Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
  • Continuous integration and deployment
  • Go home knowing that your work today is meaningfully improving the lives of every Lyft driver and every Lyft passenger!

Experience:

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science at a university in Mexico (required), with a graduation date between December 2027 and Summer 2028 (required). For any candidates who are master's students who worked between their bachelor's and master's programs: candidates should have less than 2 years of relevant full-time work experience
  • Available during Summer 2027 for an internship in Mexico City
  • Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals
  • Understanding of unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Passion for community, sustainability, and/or transportation
  • Ability to thrive in a startup environment
  • Experience with real-time technology problems
  • Contributions to open source projects
  • Experience working with databases
  • Experience solving real-time technology problems
  • Experience with mobile development

Skills

Required

  • Computer Science
  • CS fundamentals
  • unit testing
  • integration testing
  • load testing
  • code reviews
  • continuous integration
  • deployment
  • real-time technology
  • open source projects
  • databases
  • mobile development

Nice to have

  • communication skills
  • community
  • sustainability
  • transportation
  • startup environment

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