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Software Engineer, Detection Engineering

Lyft

$117,000 - $147,000
Aug 27, 2025
Seattle, WA, US
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Lyft aims to scale securely and protect user data by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of software engineering or security engineering industry experience
  • Solid experience with a high level programming language (bonus points for experience with Python, Go-lang and shell scripts)
  • Exposure to Database technologies including NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.)
  • Experience (or deep interest in) working with security systems
  • Understanding of computer network security or major computer networking protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, DNS)
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or any other major cloud service provider
  • Experience with data analysis, particularly with large datasets (millions of events)
  • Kubernetes and container technology experience
  • Streaming services (e.g., Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Amazon Kinesis)

Responsibilities

  • Help establish roadmaps and prioritize projects based on stakeholders’ needs
  • Understand and develop detections related to security events at Lyft
  • Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code
  • Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
  • Supporting and improving our existing detection pipelines
  • Lead large projects from idea to successful execution

Other

  • 4+ years of software engineering or security engineering industry experience
  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
  • 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