Fast paced, great place for an ambitious engineer - Software Engineer Lyft Employee Review

5.0
6 Jan 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Get to work on projects that have a direct impact on passengers/drivers and business bottom line. Everything FEELS important. - Culture of openness: you have opportunities to review and contribute on system designs across the company. Feedback is welcomed. - "You build it, you run it" culture, creates a sense of ownership and improves code quality - Decent deployment process (unit tests, code coverage, CI, monitoring), value placed on code quality. - Company values and gives back to OSS community (check out Envoy) - Good leveling track for individual contributor engineers - Regular company wide meetings to communicate important problems/projects/etc - Diversity/inclusion is a priority for the organization

Cons

- Fast pace is not for everyone. If you come here expecting to coast you might be disappointed.

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5.0
9 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work anytime you want. Meet new people. Learn your City and events/ night life. Listen to your music. Good perks provided by LYFT

Cons

Self employed No benefits Vehicle maintenance/ adds lots of miles, wear and tear

2.0
30 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Discovering parts of Las Vegas I wouldn't normally visit. Meeting nice people from all over the Valley and the world.

Cons

With the price of gas right now, my pay for using a mid-sized vehicle averaged out to $8 per hour (before taxes), even after 3 "bonuses." This is less than the Nevada minimum wage of $12. Regardless of what the app tells you, Lyft takes about 2/3 of the earnings for each ride, charging both for the rental and extra fees they claim have to do with the cost of car maintenance. Not sure why maintenance and everyday wear wouldn't be handled by Hertz as a normal part of their fleet ownership, as it would with any other rental. Indeed, if you're doing the Express Driver program, you have to take the car for service after getting a voucher from Hertz. On a different note, the number of riders with no picture or fake names is really high in Las Vegas compared to other places where I've driven. This issue has become a safety concern.

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