Great Growth - Senior Software Engineer Lyft Employee Review

4.0
12 Oct 2023
Recommend
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Pros

I grew a ton at Lyft personally and was given all the opportunities I needed. Projects were fun and I felt like I was surrounded by smart people

Cons

Leadership is so risk adverse it can slow down your work as an IC. Overtime, it's felt like the average quality of engineer has gone down as well

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5.0
7 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good opportunities for career growth

Cons

Understaffed: not enough people to deliver on roadmap

4.0
29 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Academic environment that has a lot of interesting science problems from mapping, optimization, plus all the usual user metrics. Rewarding and complex problems that often have a lo t of tradeoff.

Cons

For how good the ICs are, leadership is equally bad. Just riddled with poor decisions top/down. Also given the current state, Uber is just too strong of a competitor and you feel that pressure every day.

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