Software Engineer, Fulfillment Core Services

Lyft · Seattle, WAmid

In short

▸Desarrollas servicios distribuidos en Python y Go que gestionan el estado de viajes en Lyft.
▸Trabajas en tiempo real en sistemas críticos: desde solicitud hasta pago, con foco en confiabilidad y rendimiento.
▸Haces parte de un equipo pequeño y colaborativo que impulsa innovaciones como vehículos autónomos y servicios especiales.

Ability to communicate in English in writing, meetings, and presentations

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What they ask for

✓2+ años de experiencia en ingeniería de software
✓Dominio de programación orientada a objetos
✓Experiencia con sistemas distribuidos altamente disponibles
✓Conocimiento en nubes públicas (AWS, GCP, Azure)
✓Habilidad para automatizar procesos con lenguajes de scripting
✓Comunicación efectiva en inglés (escrita y verbal)

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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. Core Services powers the passenger and driver state machines from request and accept through drop-off and payment completion. The team enables new ride variations like autonomous vehicles, taxis, scheduled, business concierge, health and more. The “Core Services” are a suite of distributed Python and Golang systems central to Lyft’s backend. As a software engineer on the team, you will work on integrating new rider and driver products and features onto the state machine and enhancing the performance and reliability of ride state transitions. If you are excited about solving back-end distributed systems problems and owning a mission-critical part of Lyft’s operations, this team is for you. As a Software Engineer at Lyft, you will collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional teams, such as product, data science, and analytics, to lead and execute large projects—from concept to efficient execution. We are looking for motivated engineers who are passionate about solving challenging technical problems and excited to work in a fast-paced, innovative, and cross-functional environment. In this role, you will tackle some of the most interesting and impactful problems in ridesharing. Key traits for success include being passionate about Lyft’s business and product, a quick learner, a collaborative mindset, and an eagerness to drive initiatives both within and across teams. You'll be joining a small, close-knit team with engaged and collaborative co-workers. Responsibilities: • Design, develop, deploy, monitor, operate and maintain existing or new elements of the Fulfillment tech stack • 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 • 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: • BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience • 2+ years of software engineering industry experience • Proficiency in object-oriented programming • Experience designing, debugging and running fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems • Experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, etc.) • Proficiency in scripting languages to use APIs to automate manual processes • Experience with common CI tools (Jenkins, Buildkite, CircleCI, TeamCity), and proficiency in at least one of those tools • Solid knowledge of distributed systems, relational and NoSQL databases • Ability to communicate in English in writing, meetings, and presentations 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

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