Senior Software Engineer

Lyft is looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join the Business Travel team. In this role, you will build systems that power complex benefit rules, location restrictions, and integrations with expense providers like Concur and Expensify. This is a high-growth area for Lyft with meaningful impact potential.

• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
• Explain trade-offs made in decisions
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
• Implement tasks with good quality code leading to positive execution
• Participate in resolving ongoing incidents
• Unblock, support, effectively communicate, and obtain buy-in within your team to achieve results

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of designing and shipping production systems at scale
• Strong system design instincts — reason through distributed systems trade-offs, identify failure modes, and choose the right architecture
• Practical experience with AI development to improve product experiences
• Hands-on experience with large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed systems in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming; experience with the languages and frameworks used in our stack is a plus
• Solid foundations in relational and NoSQL databases — data modeling, query optimization, and operational considerations
• Experience in finance including expensing or travel platforms is a strong plus
• Fin Tech experience is a strong plus
• Clear communicator who can explain technical decisions in writing, in design reviews, and across teams
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

• 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 with company match 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
• Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership

Apply through the provided link.