Mid-Level Software Engineer: REST APIs & Cypress Fixes

Egreenservices; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 73,000 - 104,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor

Benefits plan

Freelance setup

Job summary

Lyft in Glendale, AZ is seeking a mid-level Software Engineer to develop RESTful APIs powering core products and to optimize performance on critical paths. The role supports a freelance setup with mentorship and benefits, offering room to grow in a service-minded team.

The ideal candidate will bring React experience, proficiency with GitHub Actions, and comfort working in a deadline-driven environment while collaborating with stakeholders and engineers across Lyft.

Qualifications

• Experience building RESTful APIs powering core products.
• Strong experience with React and frontend tradeoffs.
• Comfort with fast-paced, deadline-driven freelance work.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core Lyft products.
• Automate manual Negotiation chores that quietly drain Glendale, AZ engineering hours.
• Walk technology stakeholders through React tradeoffs in language Lyft execs grasp.
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Lyft users feel every click; hand off Nginx runbooks so the next on-call at Lyft sleeps better.
• Ship Cypress fixes to Lyft customers in Glendale, AZ the same day they report them.
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team.

Skills

RESTful APIs

React

Latency optimization

Communication

Tools

GitHub Actions

Nginx

Job description

Lyft in Glendale, AZ is seeking a mid-level Software Engineer to develop RESTful APIs powering core products and to optimize performance on critical paths. The role supports a freelance setup with mentorship and benefits, offering room to grow in a service-minded team.

The ideal candidate will bring React experience, proficiency with GitHub Actions, and comfort working in a deadline-driven environment while collaborating with stakeholders and engineers across Lyft.