Is Lyft a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Lyft have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 140 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Lyft employees being 3.8 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Lyft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Lyft .

Does Lyft pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Lyft with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 140 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.7% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Lyft.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Lyft?

68% of Software Developer employees at Lyft would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 12% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Lyft with a 4.5 rating for work-life-balance, 4.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.5 rating for culture and values and 3.6 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lyft?

Driver (2363) , Software Engineer (154) , Rideshare Driver (132) , Community Associate (127) , Senior Software Engineer (50) , Data Scientist (48) , Uber/Lyft Driver (47) , Independent Contractor (38) , Customer Service Representative (31) , Product Manager (31) , Operations Associate (30) , Ride Share Driver (23) , Operations Lead (22) , Recruiter (22) , Operations Manager (18)

What are the pros of working at Lyft according to real employee reviews?

"If you drive during prime time you can really make bank which is great for people in between jobs." ((in 321 reviews)); "Can make good money once your make it to the mentoring role and even more once they invite you to be a recruiter." ((in 223 reviews)); "Flexible hours and fun you get to chat and listen to music all day esstenially." ((in 221 reviews)); "I think the culture and company is great in the United States" ((in 193 reviews)); "So many great benefit and driver reward programs" ((in 159 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lyft according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low and you have to work your way up which could take a while." ((in 272 reviews)); "127 rides and no bonuses because of the pickup wasn't in the small 2" ((in 72 reviews)); "Poor leadership and frequent change of priorities" ((in 69 reviews)); "Lots of Layoffs" ((in 53 reviews)); "Bad managers are not disciplined or held accountable, even when there is extreme turnover" ((in 33 reviews))

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Lyft Software Developer reviews

3.9

68% would recommend to a friend

(140 total reviews)

David Risher

80% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.5

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Senior management

Software Developer employees have rated Lyft with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 140 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Lyft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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140 reviews

5.0

Oct 16, 2021

A good balance between startup feel and maturity

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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

2.0

Oct 12, 2021

your standard startup turned giant tech company culture

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

• bagel Wednesdays • small engineering teams made it generally easy to do good work • they made efforts to have All Hands be relevant to most people • lunches were pretty good

Cons

• didn't compensate their early employees well • didn't make a point to make up for the poor compensation over the years • later employees with less experience and less knowledge about the company were given many times more in compensation due to the competitive employee market

4.0

Oct 10, 2021

Great comp, yet high turnover

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Highly competitive salary + equity package.

Cons

Leadership and management constantly changing.

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Great comp, yet high turnover

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