Backend Software Engineer, Airports
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to parse posting. First, remove boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. Keep substantive info. Let's extract sections: - About the role: The first paragraph(s) describing purpose, airports team, role essential, etc. We'll combine into prose. - Responsibilities: List after "Responsibilities:" bullet points. - Experience: after "Experience:" includes education, years, languages, etc. Could be Requirements/Qualifications/Skills. We need to decide which headings to use. The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to these headings. Likely: - Requirements: education, years experience, technical skills (Python, Go, OOP, data structures/algorithms). Could be under Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe bonus points? Or we could treat "Bonus points: experience pursuing side projects or open-source project" as Qualifications? Or maybe Skills: proficiency etc. But we need to avoid thin sections. Let's think. We have: Experience: BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent practical experience 2-5+ years of software engineering/production infrastructure industry experience Experience with Python, Go Proficiency in object-oriented programming Experience working with data structures or algorithms Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, and cross-functional team Bonus points: experience pursuing side projects or open-source project We could put these under Requirements (education, years, technical) and Skills (collaboration, bonus). Or we could have Requirements for education+years, Skills for technical proficiencies, Qualifications for bonus? But we need to avoid filler. Better: Use Requirements for education and years experience. Use Skills for technical proficiencies (Python, Go, OOP, data structures/algorithms). Use Qualifications for ability to work with low-ego team and bonus points (side projects). But the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine into one section "Requirements" covering all those bullet points. But we also have separate headings list; we can omit sections if not needed. However we need to include sections only when posting has real, specific content for it. We have content for Responsibilities, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Also we have content for About the role. For the rest, we could combine into a single "Requirements" section (or "Qualifications") but we need to pick one heading. The list includes Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We could use "Requirements" to cover education, experience, technical skills, teamwork, bonus. That would be substantive. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Now extract content precisely, preserving all substantive information, not inventing or summarizing away detail. Let's capture About the role: The paragraph(s) before "Responsibilities:". Original: "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. The Airports team is part of a mission-critical endeavor that keeps travelers moving smoothly. As an engineer on our team, your role will be essential in making sure drivers and riders enjoy a dependable experience at airports. You'll work hand in hand with various teams across Lyft, fostering collaboration and driving innovation to tackle the unique challenges of the travel and airports industry. Your responsibilities will also involve managing real-time communication with airports, ensuring our technology integrates seamlessly into their operations. Your skills will be the driving force behind enhancing the airport journey for millions." We keep that as prose in
. Now Responsibilities: after "Responsibilities:" we have a list of bullet points separated by periods? Let's extract: "Drive high-impact projects and innovate new solutions to provide the best user experience. Lead large features from idea to positive execution and launch Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge Participate in our teams on call rotation. Identify, triage, debug and resolve issues/bugs across our various applications and platforms Have the ability to explain the various trade offs made in decisions Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables." We need to put each as
- . Ensure we keep exact phrasing.
Now Requirements: we need to combine education, years, technical, teamwork, bonus.
Let's list:
- BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent practical experience
- 2-5+ years of software engineering/production infrastructure industry experience
- Experience with Python, Go
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming
- Experience working with data structures or algorithms
- Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, and cross-functional team
- Bonus points: experience pursuing side projects or open-source project
We'll put each as
- . Now Benefits: after "Benefits:" we have list. Extract: "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" We need to keep each as
- . Note some sentences have periods inside; we keep as is.
Now Pay: after "The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $128,000 - $160,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process."
We need to keep that as prose
under Pay heading. Now Schedule: after "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" We need to keep that as prose
under Schedule heading. Remove the hashtag maybe? It's part of posting but not substantive? It's a tag; we could keep but it's not needed. Probably we can keep as is but it's not harmful. However we should remove boilerplate like "#Hybrid"? It's not boilerplate but it's a tag. Might be okay to keep. But we could drop it as it's not substantive. Safer to keep? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. "#Hybrid" is not those. It's a tag; we can keep. Now ensure we don't repeat any duplicated lines. Check for duplicates: none. Now output HTML fragment: start with
About the role
...
etc. We must not include or . Just the fragment. Let's craft. Be careful to escape any HTML special characters? The text includes hyphens, ampersands? None. There's an en dash? We have "–" maybe? In text: "—" em dash. That's okay as plain text. We'll output:About the role
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. The Airports team is part of a mission-critical endeavor that keeps travelers moving smoothly. As an engineer on our team, your role will be essential in making sure drivers and riders enjoy a dependable experience at airports. You'll work hand in hand with various teams across Lyft, fostering collaboration and driving innovation to tackle the unique challenges of the travel and airports industry. Your responsibilities will also involve managing real-time communication with airports, ensuring our technology integrates seamlessly into their operations. Your skills will be the driving force behind enhancing the airport journey for millions.
Responsibilities
- Drive high-impact projects and innovate new solutions to provide the best user experience.
- Lead large features from idea to positive execution and launch
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
- Participate in our teams on call rotation.
- Identify, triage, debug and resolve issues/bugs across our various applications and platforms
- Have the ability to explain the various trade offs made in decisions
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
Requirements
- BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent practical experience
- 2-5+ years of software engineering/production infrastructure industry experience
- Experience with Python, Go
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming
- Experience working with data structures or algorithms
- Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, and cross-functional team
- Bonus points: experience pursuing side projects or open-source project
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 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
Pay
The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $128,000 - $160,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.
Schedule
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 per