Lyft

Software Engineer, Async Platform

Lyft$117K — $147K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in software development, automation, and systems engineering
  • Experience with large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems; knowledge of SQS, Kafka, and Kinesis is a plus
  • Proficient in Go, Python, or other object-oriented programming languages
  • Experience in cloud environments like AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Detail-oriented with a focus on reducing technical debt and maintaining clean code/configurations

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and analyze metrics from operating systems, control planes, and applications for fault detection and performance enhancement
  • Design, develop, and deploy tools to improve platform reliability, scalability, and efficiency
  • Balance speed of feature development with reliability and service-level objectives
  • Operate and enhance infrastructure using industry best practices
  • Engage in design and production readiness reviews with cross-functional teams
  • Document infrastructure processes to identify and automate repetitive tasks
  • Participate in on-call rotations and support incident responses to mitigate customer-impacting events

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with additional programs
  • Mental health support services
  • Family building benefits
  • Child care and pet benefits
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Discretionary paid time off for salaried employees and 15 days for hourly employees
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave for all types of parents
  • Subsidized commuter options
  • Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership
Full Job Description
We are building and maintaining a highly scalable asynchronous platform that empowers our organization to handle critical business cases. As a software engineering team, our mission is to create robust and innovative solutions that drive the success of our business and deliver unparalleled value to our customers.

We adopt Infrastructure as Code practice to automate the provisioning and configuration of our resources, which helps reduce manual configuration and improve consistency.

Responsibilities:
  • Maintain and analyze metrics from; operating systems; control planes; and applications to assist in fault detection and performance enhancement
  • Design, develop and deploy tooling and systems that continually improve the reliability, scalability and efficiency of our platform
  • Balance feature development speed and reliability with service-level objectives
  • Operate and improve our Infrastructure using industry best practices and tools
  • Participate in design and production readiness reviews, platform management and capacity planning ceremonies with cross-functional teams
  • Document Infrastructure operations process and insights, identify repeatable actions and ruthlessly automate repetitive tasks
  • Participate in our teams on-call rotations, respond to incidents and support other teams mitigate customer impacting events
Experience:
  • 5+ years experience working on teams responsible for software development, automation and systems engineering
  • Experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks. Knowledge with SQS, Kafka and Kinesis is a bonus.
  • Experience developing in Go, Python, or other object-oriented programming languages
  • Experience working with a cloud-based environments such as AWS/GCP/Azure
  • Take pride in reducing technical debt; you pay attention to small details, and you value keeping code/configuration clean and maintainable.
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 with company match 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
  • Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership

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 Seattle area is $117,760 - $147,200. 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.

About Lyft

Lyft is a transportation network company that was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates a mobile app that allows users to request rides from nearby drivers. Lyft provides ride-hailing services in the United States and Canada, and it has expanded into other transportation services, such as bike-sharing and scooter-sharing. The company is known for its pink mustache logo, which was replaced by a glowing dashboard mustache in 2015. Lyft went public in March 2019.
Learn more about Lyft
Size
4,453 employees
Market Cap
$3.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.7 billion
Founded
2012
5 Year Trend
+56.4%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
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