Description
Lyft is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Rider team, focusing on building a seamless rideshare experience. As an engineer at Lyft, you'll collaborate with teams like product, data science, analytics, and operations on code that empowers quick iteration while delighting passengers and drivers.
Responsibilities:
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
- Participate in on-call rotations, identifying, triaging, debugging, and resolving issues across applications and platforms
- Explain trade-offs made in decisions
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
- Partner with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to build complex features and products
- Analyze internal systems and processes to locate areas for improvement/automation
- Share knowledge through brown bags, tech talks, and promoting tech best practices
- Provide technical mentorship and feedback to junior engineers
- Help establish roadmap and architecture based on technology and needs
Experience:
- BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of software engineering industry experience
- Solid knowledge of distributed systems, relational and NoSQL databases
- Experience designing, debugging, and running fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems
- Experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure)
- Experience working with Kubernetes and container technologies (e.g., Docker, cri-o)
- Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, and cross-functional team
Benefits:
- Extended health and dental coverage options, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Mental health benefits
- Family building benefits
- Child care and pet benefits
- Access to a Lyft-funded Health Care Savings Account
- RRSP plan with company match
- Flexible paid time off policy
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits