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.
The Luxury team builds rich and creative features that set the standard for the ride sharing industry. We are looking for a motivated senior software engineer to join us building features for Black, Black SUV, and other upmarket modes where quality is uncompromising, where we work on balancing and growing these unique marketplaces within the wider Lyft ecosystem and influencing driver behavior to facilitate highest-quality rides. Ownership is a key quality for this team; this person should be driven to track a project to successful completion and beyond, taking initiative to work with other teams and functions to ensure the code they write reaches users and drives impact. You'll collaborate with engineering, product, data science, analytics, and operations on programs that empower us to iterate quickly, delighting our passengers and drivers. Preferred applicants intend to work regularly from our CDMX office, where team members collaborate together in person.
Responsibilities:- Help establish roadmap and architecture based on technology and understanding of customer needs
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
- Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and promoting appropriate tech and engineering best practices
- Can help lead large projects from idea to positive execution
- Unblock, support and communicate with internal partners to achieve results
- 5+ years engineering industry experience
- Experience with object-oriented programming, distributed systems, working with databases
- Write clear, scalable design documentation considering tradeoffs from a technical and business perspective
- Design, build, and improve a set of team-owned components, and influence teammates’ design decisions
- Delegate work to other engineers with guidance to set them up for success
- Improve your team through mentorship, teaching, process improvements, creating guidance
Please submit your resume in English.
Skills Required
- 5+ years engineering industry experience
- Experience with object-oriented programming
- Experience with distributed systems
- Experience with working with databases
Lyft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Corporate materials describe comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with added access to One Medical and mental-health support, indicating a solid core health offering. This breadth positions health benefits as a relative strength for full-time employees.
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Parental & Family Support — Company information highlights paid parental leave for new parents, with flexibility in how time can be taken. This signals strong family support within the corporate package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. salaried employees have unlimited paid time off alongside company holidays, and hourly roles receive structured PTO and sick time. These policies point to ample time-off availability compared with many roles.
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What We Do
Lyft was founded in 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation, and is available to approximately 95 percent of the United States population as well as select cities in Canada. Lyft is committed to effecting positive change for our cities by offsetting carbon emissions from all rides, and by promoting transportation equity through shared rides, bikeshare systems, electric scooters, and public transit partnerships.
