At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To accomplish this, we start with our community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization. 

　　Lyft is looking for experienced software engineers from a scope of disciplines. We are growing our team with people who want to build, improve and incorporate technologies that make the lives of our community more enriched. As an engineer at Lyft, you'll collaborate with teams like product, data science, analytics, and operations on code that empower us to iterate quickly, while focusing on delighting our passengers and drivers.

　　As a Senior Software Engineer for Rider, you will lead workstreams that improve riders' experience with rideshare. As an engineer on our team, you'll work hand in hand with various teams across Lyft, fostering collaboration and driving innovation to expand the use cases of Lyft rideshare for riders.

　　Responsibilities:

　　Help define the roadmap and architecture based on technology and business needs

　　Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code

　　Have a good grasp and ability to explain the various tradeoffs made in decisions

　　Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge 

　　Lead projects from idea to positive execution

　　Incorporate considerations for business context and failure modes in your work

　　Proactively participate in resolving ongoing incidents 

　　Unblock, support, effectively communicate, and obtain buy-in across teams to achieve results

　　Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and evangelizing appropriate tech and engineering best practices

　　Experience:

　　5+ years of software engineering experience with a high level programming language (bonus points for experience with Python or Go)

　　When facing a problem that's poorly defined or outside of your expertise, you can quickly learn what you need to dig in, make sense of the problem, and start working towards a solution

　　You're a great communicator, and can advocate for your proposals while also empathizing with your teammates' goals and priorities

　　You have experience defining API schemas and developing backend services in a microservices environment

　　You have a history of going out of your way to help out your fellow engineer to make them more productive

　　Benefits:

　　Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options

　　Mental health benefits

　　Family building benefits

　　In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off

　　401(k) plan to help save for your future

　　18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible

　　Pre-tax commuter benefits

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

　　Lyft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.  

　　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, Thursdays and a team-specific third day. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year.

　　The expected range of pay for this position in the US is $150,000 - $180,000. 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.