lyft
lyft15h ago
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$117,760 – $147,200/yr

Software Engineer, Async Platform

United StatesUnited States·Seattlemid
Software EngineerSoftware Engineering
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Quick Summary

Key Responsibilities

Maintain and analyze metrics from; operating systems; control planes; and applications to assist in fault detection and performance enhancement Design,

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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.

We are building and maintaining a highly scalable asynchronous platform that empowers our organization to handle critical business cases. As a software engineering team, our mission is to create robust and innovative solutions that drive the success of our business and deliver unparalleled value to our customers.

We adopt Infrastructure as Code practice to automate the provisioning and configuration of our resources, which helps reduce manual configuration and improve consistency. 

Our team culture is built on collaboration, open communication, and a supportive environment where each member's ideas are valued and contributions are recognized. We believe in the importance of fostering a positive workplace culture that inspires innovation and creativity.

Responsibilities

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  • Maintain and analyze metrics from; operating systems; control planes; and applications to assist in fault detection and performance enhancement
  • Design, develop and deploy tooling and systems that continually improve the reliability, scalability and efficiency of our platform
  • Balance feature development speed and reliability with service-level objectives
  • Operate and improve our Infrastructure using industry best practices and tools
  • Participate in design and production readiness reviews, platform management and capacity planning ceremonies with cross-functional teams
  • Document Infrastructure operations process and insights, identify repeatable actions and ruthlessly automate repetitive tasks
  • Participate in our teams on-call rotations, respond to incidents and support other teams mitigate customer impacting events
  • 5+ years experience working on teams responsible for software development, automation and systems engineering
  • Experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks. Knowledge with SQS, Kafka and Kinesis is a bonus.
  • Experience developing in Go, Python, or other object-oriented programming languages
  • Experience working with a cloud-based environments such as AWS/GCP/Azure
  • Take pride in reducing technical debt; you pay attention to small details, and you value keeping code/configuration clean and maintainable.

What We Offer

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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 to help save for your future
In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
Subsidized commuter benefits
Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
Seattle, United States
On-site at the office
Who can apply
Open to applicants worldwide

Listing Details

Posted
July 13, 2026
First seen
July 13, 2026
Last seen
July 14, 2026

Posting Health

Days active
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Repost count
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Trust Level
63%
Scored at
July 13, 2026

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lyftSoftware Engineer, Async Platform$118k–$147k