Backend Engineer – Fulfillment Core Services

Socotra, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

18 weeks parental leave

Commuter benefits

Lyft credits

Job summary

Lyft is seeking a Software Engineer to advance the Fulfillment tech stack, optimizing ride state transitions and reliability within a distributed backend. You will collaborate with product, data science, and analytics teams on large, cross-functional initiatives.

The role emphasizes solving complex backend challenges, writing robust code, participating in reviews, and leading projects in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. Hybrid in-office schedule in Seattle is expected.

Qualifications

• BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of software engineering industry experience.
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming.
• Experience designing, debugging and running fault-tolerant, highly available distributed systems.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Proficiency in scripting languages to automate APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, monitor, operate and maintain elements of the Fulfillment tech stack.
• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code.
• Explain tradeoffs in engineering decisions clearly.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure quality and knowledge sharing.
• Lead projects from concept to execution and delivery.
• Proactively participate in resolving incidents and restoring services.

Skills

OO Programming

Distributed Systems

Cloud Platforms

CI Tools

NoSQL & SQL DBs

English Communication

Education

BS/MS in CS/CE or related

Tools

Jenkins

Buildkite

CircleCI

Job description

Lyft is seeking a Software Engineer to advance the Fulfillment tech stack, optimizing ride state transitions and reliability within a distributed backend. You will collaborate with product, data science, and analytics teams on large, cross-functional initiatives.

The role emphasizes solving complex backend challenges, writing robust code, participating in reviews, and leading projects in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. Hybrid in-office schedule in Seattle is expected.