# Software Engineer at Lyft

- Company: Lyft
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Level: Mid-level
- Discipline: Backend
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-09-02
- Skills: All Talent Team Access
- Apply: https://app.careerpuck.com/job-board/lyft/job/8772594002?gh_jid=8772594002

## Description

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. 
 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 discretiona

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