Senior Software Engineer, Platforms

At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization. We have an ambitious goal to strengthen our international presence by growing a life-changing product, and your efforts will play an essential role in our collective success.

Growth teams are at the heart of our products and decision-making to drive business growth. We’re looking for passionate, driven engineers to build systems that empower our users (both Drivers and Riders) to make the most effective use of Lyft’s products and experiences by making them more predictive, personalized, and adaptive. We’re looking for someone who can build & own innovative applications, passionate about solving problems with distributed computing in building reliable systems, and is excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative, and collegial environment.

As a Senior Software Engineer, with your technical expertise you will build and own innovative applications with a desire to achieve exceptional design fidelity, usability, accessibility, and performance. You will be responsible for sound technical execution of projects through hands‑on development, quality‑assurance, and prototyping. These projects will require close collaboration with our product managers, user interface designers, brand producers, data scientists, and engineering teams.

You’ll be managing multiple exciting projects at once, so being able to juggle these initiatives is key! We’re also counting on you to be a champion for best engineering practices, guiding engineers, designers, and management along the way.

We are looking for candidates who are self‑starters and have a proven track record of delivering software solutions that can solve critical business needs. We’re looking for a candidate who thrives in tackling complex, ambiguous challenges and can craft effective technical solutions. You should be ready to take ownership of a project or feature, guiding it from design all the way through to implementation.

The Growth Platforms team owns both the Incentives & Messaging systems for Lyft. These systems determine & send the right messaging and/or incentives to the right user at the right time. We work with lyft-wide engineering teams including rider & driver teams, growth & product marketing, legal & compliance, and support teams to adapt our services and the platform offerings to be able to enable growth across Lyft.

You will gain comprehensive knowledge of Lyft's internal services and operations and adapt them to meet the growth needs. You will have the opportunity to build and improve the quality and efficiency of the various growth tools that are critical for Lyft.

• Help establish roadmaps and architecture based on technology and business needs
• Unblock, support, effectively communicate, and obtain buy‑in across teams to achieve results
• Lead projects of multiple people from idea to positive execution
• Write well‑crafted, well‑tested, readable, maintainable code
• Utilize your expertise in Python, Golang, AWS, AI to deliver robust and scalable solutions
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
• Proactively participate in resolving ongoing incidents and on‑call rotations
• Share your knowledge through tech talks, mentorship, and evangelizing appropriate tech and engineering best practices

• BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
• 5+ years of software engineering industry experience
• Extensive experience in object‑oriented programming, ideally in Python or Go Lang
• Experience in backend software development of large‑scale distributed systems, concurrency and No
  
  SQL databases
• Experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
• Successfully led the design and launch of multiple components from concept to production.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, and ability to collaborate with and influence cross‑functional partners

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs…