Lyft
Direct Greenhouse career site

Software Engineer

Pay
$149,240 – $192,000 per year
Location
Seattle, WA
Listed
2 days ago

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, deploy, monitor, operate and maintain existing or new elements of our systems and infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with engineers and partners in science & product to drive projects from inception, specification, execution, to launch.
  • Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code.
  • Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge.
  • Build an extensible and scalable platform that powers secure detection and response capabilities across the security lifecycle.
  • Ensure high availability and reliability of detection engineering systems to support critical security monitoring and threat identification flows.

Experience

  • Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • 2 years of pre- or post-academic experience in job offered, software development, or related occupation.
  • Experience with Object-oriented programming.
  • Experience writing clear, scalable, and clear design documentation.
  • Experience with backend software development of large-scale distributed systems.

Benefits

  • 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 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
  • Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
  • Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture.
  • This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule - Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
  • Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role.
  • Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers.
  • Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid
  • The expected base pay range for this position in the Seattle area is $149,240 - $192,000/year.
  • Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location.
  • Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits.
  • Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process. #LI-DNI

About Lyft

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.

Read the original posting

From Lyft's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 7, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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