Senior AI Software Engineer - Risk & Claims Platform

Lyft; Washington; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Mental health benefits

Family benefits

Child care support

401(k) match

Paid time off (PTO) for salaried staff

Paid parental leave

Commuter benefits

Lyft credits

Lyft Pink membership

Job summary

Lyft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of our Risk Management Information System powering the insurance platform. You will drive architecture, scale critical claims workflows, and partner with Engineers, Data Science, Product, and Claims Operations to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Bring 6+ years building distributed systems, strong Python and React/Next.js experience, and a track record of shipping reliable software.

Qualifications

• B.S./M.S. in CS or related field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years building scalable distributed systems.
• Experience with AI features, multimodal LLMs, RAG pipelines.
• Strong collaboration across Backend, Frontend, Data teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for claims management systems, aligning priorities with Product, Claim Operations, Data Science, and other stakeholders.
• Provide architectural leadership, make informed design tradeoffs, and guide strategic decisions across multiple engineering teams.
• Understand claim handling workflows, identify bottlenecks and drive platform innovations with AI automation solutions.
• Deliver scalable, reliable, high quality and well-tested solutions and code.
• Collaborate closely with Lyft internal teams and external insurance partners to ensure technical alignment and scalable integrations.
• Lead code reviews, design reviews, production on-call support and incident triaging process.
• Invest in the engineering community through knowledge sharing via brown bags, tech talks.

Skills

Python

React/Next.js

Distributed systems

AI/ML tooling

Data processing

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

Code reviews / leadership

Communication

Education

B.S./M.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

Python tooling

Job description

Lyft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of our Risk Management Information System powering the insurance platform. You will drive architecture, scale critical claims workflows, and partner with Engineers, Data Science, Product, and Claims Operations to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Bring 6+ years building distributed systems, strong Python and React/Next.js experience, and a track record of shipping reliable software.