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About this Software Engineer Intern, Backend (Summer 2027) role at Lyft

Lyft · Onsite · Mexico City, Mexico

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.

Interns work side-by-side with top engineers in the industry while having autonomy from the get-go. They contribute to user-facing products and are able to see their work go live quickly. Lyft fosters a collaborative environment in the office, so there's always a sharp mind eager to hear about your next idea. So what's yours?

Responsibilities:

  • Own your project, while checking in with other team members throughout the day with questions and updates
  • You leave the code in a better state than when you found it (progressive refactor)
  • You value reliability, ensured by testing (unit, integration and load tests)
  • Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
  • Continuous integration and deployment
  • Go home knowing that your work today is meaningfully improving the lives of every Lyft driver and every Lyft passenger!

Experience:

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science at a university in Mexico (required), with a graduation date between December 2027 and Summer 2028 (required). For any candidates who are master's students who worked between their bachelor's and master's programs: candidates should have less than 2 years of relevant full-time work experience
  • Available during Summer 2027 for an internship in Mexico City
  • Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals
  • Understanding of unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Passion for community, sustainability, and/or transportation
  • Ability to thrive in a startup environment
  • Experience with real-time technology problems
  • Contributions to open source projects
  • Experience working with databases
  • Experience solving real-time technology problems
  • Experience with mobile development

Please submit your resume in English.


En Lyft, nuestro propósito es servir y conectar. Buscamos lograrlo cultivando un ambiente de trabajo donde todos se sientan parte del equipo y tengan la oportunidad de prosperar.

Los pasantes trabajan al lado de los mejores ingenieros del sector, con autonomía desde el primer dia. Contribuyen a productos de cara al usuario y pueden ver su trabajo implementado rápidamente. Lyft fomenta un entorno colaborativo en la oficina, por lo que siempre hay una mente brillante dispuesta a escuchar tu próxima idea. ¿Cuál es la tuya?

Responsabilidades:

  • Reuniones breves diarias con pequeños equipos multifuncionales (scrum)
  • Pon en marcha tu proyecto, revisa en el día con otros miembros del equipo  preguntas o actualizaciones.
  • Dejas mejor el código que como lo encontraste al inicio (refactorización progresiva) .
  • Evalúas la fiabilidad garantizada por las pruebas automatizadas (pruebas unitarias, de integración y de carga)
  • Participas en revisiones de código para garantizar la calidad del código y distribuyes el conocimiento
  • Integraciones e implementaciones continuas
  • Regresas a casa sabiendo que tu trabajo hoy está mejorando significativamente las vidas de todos los conductores y pasajeros de Lyft

Experiencia:

  • Estar cursando una Licenciatura o Maestría en Ciencias de la Computación en una universidad en México (obligatorio), con fecha de graduación entre Diciembre de 2027 y Verano de 2028 (obligatorio). Para cualquier candidato que sea estudiante de maestría que haya trabajado entre sus programas de licenciatura y maestría: los candidatos deben tener menos de 2 años de experiencia laboral relevante de tiempo completo.
  • Disponible durante el Verano de 2027 para la pasantía en la Ciudad de México
  • Conocimientos de fundamentos de informática
  • Comprensión de las pruebas unitarias, de integración y de extremo a extremo
  • Excelentes habilidades de comunicación
  • Pasión por la comunidad, la sostenibilidad y/o el transporte
  • Capacidad para prosperar en un entorno de startup
  • Experiencia con problemas tecnológicos en tiempo real
  • Contribuciones a proyectos de código abierto
  • Experiencia trabajando con bases de datos
  • Experiencia resolviendo problemas tecnológicos en tiempo real
  • Experiencia en desarrollo móvil

Por favor envíe su currículum en inglés.

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