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Backend Engineer, Real-time supply management

Lyft

San Francisco, CA
Full Time
Mid Level
128k-160k
7 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

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 Real Time Supply Management team, in Marketplace, at Lyft is responsible for managing our suite of real time driver earnings products, driving top business goals around financial metrics and marketplace performance. The team develops and improves algorithms to automate the management of our real time earnings products, develops new earnings products, and manages financial performance of these products to manage the growth of the business. Lyft is looking for experienced software engineers from a scope of disciplines. We are growing our team with people who want to build, improve and incorporate technologies that make the lives of our community more enriched. As an engineer at Lyft, you'll collaborate with teams like product, data science, analytics, and operations on code that empower us to iterate quickly, while focusing on delighting our passengers and drivers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Help establish roadmap and architecture based on technology and our 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
  • Help lead large projects from idea to positive execution
  • Unblock, support and communicate with internal partners to achieve results

Requirements

  • 3+ years of software engineering industry experience
  • Experience with object-oriented programming
  • Experience in distributed systems
  • Experience working with databases, relational or NoSQL
  • Ability to write clear, scalable and well-designed documentation
  • Experience designing, building, and improving team-owned components

Qualifications

  • Experience working in a hybrid work environment with in-office presence 3 days per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays)
  • Ability to work in-office at least 3 days per week as an essential function of the role
  • Experience working in a collaborative, inclusive workplace environment

Benefits & Perks

  • 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 to help save for your future
  • Discretionary paid time off for salaried team members and 15 days paid time off for hourly team members
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave for biological, adoptive, and foster parents
  • Subsidized commuter benefits
  • Lyft Pink - exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Working at Lyft

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 17, 2025
Salary128k-160k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceMid Level

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About Lyft

Website

lyft.com

Location

San Francisco, CA

Industry

Taxi and Ridesharing Services

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