Software Engineer, Backend

Responsibilities

Engineering & Delivery

• Take independent ownership of high-impact features and small projects, driving them from early design through launch and iteration
• Own components within our systems, responsible for their development, deployment, operation, and maintenance
• Write reliable, performant, maintainable, and scalable code, and contribute to ongoing improvements in code structure, tooling, and technical debt reduction
• Ensure comprehensive testing for your features, including unit and end-to-end tests, with an eye toward overall system impact
• Write technical specs, runbooks, and documentation that address requirements, security, and privacy considerations; contribute to team onboarding docs and norms

Operations & Quality

• Rotate on-call, monitoring deployed code for stability and performance, proactively fixing bugs, and keeping dashboards and alerts up to date
• Support and escalate production incidents as needed, and contribute improvements to on-call practices and long-term reliability

Technical Collaboration

• Partner closely with product, data science, analytics, and operations teams to move fast without breaking things
• Communicate technical trade-offs clearly, to engineers and non-engineers alike
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions, and take the lead with support as needed
• Accurately scope and estimate tasks and features; engage in roadmapping discussions and contribute feedback
• Partner with product, design, TPM, QA, and other cross-functional teams where applicable

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of software engineering experience in production environments
• Hands-on experience with Python and/or Go
• Familiarity with datastores such as DynamoDB and cloud-based environments such as AWS
• Strong proficiency in object-oriented programming and foundational CS concepts (data structures, algorithms)

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
• Discretionary paid time off (salaried team members); 15 days paid time off (hourly team members); 12 observed holidays
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave (biological, adoptive, and foster parents eligible)
• Subsidized commuter benefits
• Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership