# Software Engineer Intern, Backend (Summer 2027 - SF)

**Company**: Lyft
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: internship
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lyft/jobs/8767726002?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_9181059a-77c

## 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, 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 also have less than 2 years of relevant full-time work experience

- Available during Summer 2027 for an internship in San Francisco

- 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

## Benefits:

- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options

- Mental health benefits

- In addition to holidays, interns receive 2 days paid time off and 3 days sick time off

- 401(k) plan to help save for your future

- Pre-tax commuter benefits

- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

## Skills

### Required
- Computer Science
- CS fundamentals
- unit testing
- integration testing
- end-to-end testing
- communication skills
- real-time technology
- open source projects
- database management
- mobile development

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