Backend Engineer, Fulfillment Core Services — Hybrid

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great medical, dental, and vision

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care benefits

401(k) plan with company match

18 weeks parental leave

Subsidized commuter benefits

Lyft credits

Lyft Pink membership

Job summary

Lyft is seeking a Software Engineer for the Core Services team in Seattle to build backend distributed systems powering ridesharing from request to payment completion. You will design, develop, deploy, and maintain the Fulfillment tech stack, collaborating across product, data science, and analytics to deliver high-impact features.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years of software engineering, strong OO programming, experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), distributed systems, and CI tools,

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, large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience working with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure).
• Proficiency in scripting languages to use APIs to automate manual processes.
• Experience with CI tools (Jenkins, Buildkite, CircleCI, TeamCity).
• Solid knowledge of distributed systems, relational and NoSQL databases.
• Ability to communicate in English in writing, meetings, and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, monitor, operate and maintain existing or new elements of the Fulfillment tech stack
• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
• Have a good grasp and ability to explain the various tradeoffs made in decisions
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
• Lead projects from idea to positive execution
• Proactively participate in resolving ongoing incidents
• Unblock, support, effectively communicate, and obtain buy-in across teams to achieve results
• Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and evangelizing appropriate tech and engineering best practices

Skills

Object-oriented programming

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Scripting for APIs

CI tools (Jenkins/Buildkite/CircleCI/"

English communication

Education

BS/MS in Computer Engineering, CS, or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Buildkite

CircleCI

TeamCity

Job description

Lyft is seeking a Software Engineer for the Core Services team in Seattle to build backend distributed systems powering ridesharing from request to payment completion. You will design, develop, deploy, and maintain the Fulfillment tech stack, collaborating across product, data science, and analytics to deliver high-impact features.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years of software engineering, strong OO programming, experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), distributed systems, and CI tools,