Lime · 1 hour ago
Staff Software Engineer, New Verticals
Lime is the largest global shared micromobility business, operating in close to 30 countries across five continents. They are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to drive core commerce operations and deliver new products and infrastructure for their New Verticals team. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, mentoring individuals, and shaping Lime's engineering culture.
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Responsibilities
Deliver software to enable new customer initiatives and own the balance between time to launch, ability to pivot, and ability to scale. Seek and utilize knowledge of the Lime engineering ecosystem to find the right solution, or design what's needed
Learn from our customers by shipping software and understanding the market environment
Collaborate with coworkers in Product, Design, Data, and Operations. Ensure solutions interoperate well with Lime's full stack of services. The team’s work will span cloud-based backend services, web-based tools, mobile clients, and third-party applications
Mentor individuals at Lime and participate in learning, growth, and improvement activities
Participate in the shaping of Lime's Engineering culture
Qualification
Required
7+ years of industry professional software development experience, and a track record of building impactful products or systems
Team focus: you recognize your team is the source of your success and invest in them. That includes cross-functional collaborators in Product, Design, Data, and Operations
Owner's mindset: you're focused on outcomes and can solve problems to get there
Data driven: You instrument your work for decision making, you can reason through data to learn from our customers
Excellent communication skills and effective management of competing priorities
Preferred
Experience shipping Ruby on Rails backend and/or React-based web frontend applications
Brings a learning mindset to the use of software development tools including AI
You're enthusiastic about Lime's mission and micromobility; you want to see cities transform to becoming people-centric and less polluted
Benefits
Comprehensive Health & Wellness: A choice of medical, dental, and vision plans, with Lime covering 100% of the employee-only premium for many plans.
Company-paid life and disability insurance and company-funded mental health benefits.
Financial & Retirement Planning: 401(k) plan with both pre-tax and Roth options, and access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a monthly company contribution.
Family & Fertility Support: Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, plus fertility and family-forming benefits.
Time Off & Flexibility: Flexible vacation policy for exempt employees, paid sick time, and a calendar of paid company holidays.
Unique Lime Perks: Complimentary use of Lime vehicles in participating cities, a monthly phone allowance, dedicated learning and development days, and access to perks including One Medical, Wellhub, and Headspace.
Company
Lime
Lime is an electric vehicle company that provides e-bike and e-scooter rental services.
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.46BKey Investors
UBS O'ConnorUberKDDI Open Innovation Fund
2021-11-05Debt Financing· $105M
2021-11-04Convertible Note· $418M
2020-05-07Series D· $170M
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