Senior Software Engineer, Lyft Business

About the role

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.

Lyft is looking for an experienced Backend Engineer 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.

About the Team:

The Business Travel team enable organizations to provide customized ride benefits at scale - whether that's employees expensing business trips and earning rewards.

As a backend engineer, you'll build systems that power complex benefit rules, location restrictions, and integrations with expense providers like Concur and Expensify. This is a high-growth area for Lyft with meaningful impact potential.

Responsibilities:

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

Have the ability to explain the various trade offs made in decisions

Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge

Implement tasks with good quality code leading to positive execution

Participate in resolving ongoing incidents

Unblock, support, effectively communicate, and obtain buy-in within your team to achieve results

Experience:

5+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of designing and shipping production systems at scale

Strong system design instincts — you can reason through distributed systems trade-offs, identify failure modes, and choose the right architecture for the problem

Practical experience with AI development to improve product experiences

Hands-on experience with large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed systems in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

Proficiency in object-oriented programming; experience with the languages and frameworks used in our stack is a plus

Solid foundations in relational and NoSQL databases — data modeling, query optimization, and operational considerations

Experience in finance including expensing or travel platforms is a strong plus

Fin Tech experience is a strong plus

Clear communicator who can explain technical decisions in writing, in design reviews, and across teams

BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

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 is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. 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, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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 San Francisco area is $148,000 - $185,000, 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.