Software Engineer, Backend

At Lyft in the Transportation space, Connecting cities, one ride at a time, for a more equitable future..

<p>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.</p>

<p>With over half a billion rides and counting, Lyft is solving hard problems at scale, leveraging Machine Learning to better serve our customers. The Machine Learning Platform (MLP) team is seeking a backend Software Engineer to help build and operate our platform, which supports real-time, online, and offline ML model execution, development, and iteration across Lyft. In this role, you will own well-defined tasks and contribute to features alongside a team of highly motivated Machine Learning and Software Engineers, learning from senior engineers while shipping production code that impacts systems across the entire business.</p>

<p>If you are interested in hands-on exposure to classical machine learning models and production ML systems at scale, with applications across each facet of the marketplace and business, we are searching for you.</p>

<p>If you are a creative and critical thinker with an interest in machine learning systems, eager to learn and grow as an engineer, and passionate about solving business problems using data in a dynamic, creative, and collaborative environment, we are searching for you.</p>

<h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2>

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<li>Own well-defined tasks and contribute to features on the ML platform, seeking guidance from senior team members when needed</li>

<li>Develop reliable, performant, well-tested, readable, maintainable code that follows team coding standards and meets feature requirements</li>

<li>Participate actively in code reviews, both giving and receiving feedback</li>

<li>Monitor the stability and performance of your code after deployment, and proactively fix bugs and debug issues within your scope</li>

<li>Particip

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