Lyft

Software Engineer, Pricing - Rider Engagement

Lyft$108K — $135K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
  • 3+ years of software engineering industry experience
  • Extensive experience in object-oriented programming, ideally in GoLang or Python
  • Experience in backend software development of distributed systems and concurrency
  • Strong communication skills for collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Experience building real-time serving systems for ML or optimization models is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Drive high-impact projects and innovate new riding solutions
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop technology-based solutions
  • Independently lead features from conception through execution
  • Support and communicate with internal partners for project success
  • Write readable, maintainable, and well-tested code
  • Deliver robust solutions utilizing Python, Golang, and AWS
  • Participate in code reviews and share knowledge through presentations

Benefits

  • Extended health and dental coverage, life insurance, and disability benefits
  • Mental health and family building benefits
  • Childcare and pet benefits
  • Access to a Lyft-funded Health Care Savings Account
  • RRSP plan with company match
  • Flexible paid time off policy alongside provincial holidays
  • Paid parental leave for up to 18 weeks
  • Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits
Full Job Description
Marketplace teams are at the heart of our products and decision-making, owning everything from rider pricing to driver earnings, incentives, and efficient matching. We're looking for passionate, driven engineers to build systems that empower our riders and drivers to have the best transportation experience possible through prediction, adaptivity, and personalization. We're looking for someone who is excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative, and impactful environment to create reliable solutions to distributed computing, ML, and data problems.

The Pricing team is a centerpiece of Lyft's Marketplace org, determining prices for all rideshare products and supporting new initiatives. Rider Engagement develops rider-facing engagement levers and optimizes user pricing experience to drive both short term and long term business outcomes. We work with Product & Science to solve and implement complex pricing requirements, balancing the needs of riders, drivers, and the business goals. As an owner of one of the most critical flows in the company, you will work on a wide array of challenges such as latency-sensitive concurrency problems, large scale distributed systems, and experimentation. If you're interested in playing a large part in demand / supply management and improving the Lyft customer experience, this could be a great fit for you.
Responsibilities:
  • Drive high-impact projects and innovate new solutions to provide the best user experience.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams and partner teams to develop solutions based on technology and business needs, and advance team's goals and priorities
  • Independently lead features from idea to positive execution and launch
  • Unblock, support and communicate with internal partners to achieve results
  • Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
  • Utilize your expertise in Python, Golang, AWS to deliver robust and scalable solutions
  • Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge, as well as on call rotations
  • Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and promoting appropriate tech and engineering best practices
Experience:
  • BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
  • 3+ years of software engineering industry experience
  • Extensive experience in object oriented programming, ideally in GoLang or Python
  • Experience in backend software development of distributed systems and concurrency
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, and ability to collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners
  • Would be great to have experience building real-time serving systems for ML and/or optimization models, online/offline experimentation frameworks
Benefits:
  • Extended health and dental coverage options, along with 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 to help save for your future
  • In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service
  • Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.
  • Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits

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 at least 3 days per week, including 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 Toronto area is CAD $108,000 - CAD $135,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

Lyft may use artificial intelligence to screen applicants, however, Lyft employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions.

This job fills an existing vacancy.

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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