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 Govtech team builds rich and creative features that set the standard for the ride sharing industry. We are seeking a highly motivated, early-career software engineer to contribute to the development of features that facilitate Lyft's entry into new markets, ensure the company's adherence to local regulatory requirements, and utilize the latest AI technologies to enhance the user experience. 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.
As a Software Engineer for Govtech, you’ll be responsible for executing integrations with partners, making tradeoffs between technical investments and product work, and collaborating with other engineers on system design. You will help shape the product direction by developing a deep understanding of the customer and working closely with cross-functional partners from Product, Design, Science, and Operations. You will work with a group of talented engineers and help the team to deliver significant business impact. If you enjoy collaborating with technical and nontechnical partners in a fast-moving space with real-world impact, this is the role for you.
Responsibilities:
- Help establish roadmap and architecture based on technology and understanding of customer needs
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
- Can help lead large projects from idea to positive execution
- Unblock, support and communicate with external and internal partners to achieve results
- 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
Experience:
- Engineering industry experience
- BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Experience with object-oriented programming
- Experience in distributed systems
- Experience working with databases, relational or NoSQL
- Write clear, scalable and clear design documentation
- Design, build and improve a set of team owned components
- Nice to have: experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
- Nice to have: experience with machine learning and building LLM applications
Nice to have: proficiency in AI tools._
_Please submit your resume in English.