A good balance between startup feel and maturity - Software Engineer Lyft Employee Review

5.0
Oct 16, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive compensation, excellent culture, good team. Big enough to have processes set up, yet not huge like Google etc. There are a lot of places to contribute yet.

Cons

Bounded product field, stock not performing well

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5.0
May 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good opportunities for career growth

Cons

Understaffed: not enough people to deliver on roadmap

4.0
Jun 29, 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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