Software Engineer Intern, Mobile Android (Summer 2025)

Full Time
San Francisco, CA, USA
2 months ago

At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

You're an enthusiastic and aspiring app developer looking to take your skills to the next level by joining our Android team as an intern. We build apps used by millions of people, and we take great pride in our work. This means excellent development practices and an organization built around rapid releases. With a focus on delightful user experiences, we balance building new features, refactoring code, and tweaking existing features based on analytics data. Every line of code gets reviewed by other developers, every pixel inspected by designers, and every feature hammered on by manual and automated QA. We care deeply about delivering the best transportation experience; this means the best experience for the passenger and the best experience for the driver. We believe this quality of service can only be achieved with a deep understanding of our world, our cities, our streets… how they evolve, how they breathe. 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, with a graduation date between December 2025 and Summer 2026 (required)
  • Available during Summer 2025 for an internship in San Francisco
  • Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals
  • Strong knowledge of Kotlin 
  • Past experience developing an Android mobile app
  • Experience with Jetpack Compose, declarative UI development, and creating shared components is a plus
  • 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 solving real-time technology problems
  • Experience with mobile development
Benefits:
  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Mental health benefits
  • In addition to holidays, interns receive 2 days paid time off and 3 days sick time off
  • 401(k) plan to help save for your future
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Benefits are available for Lyft team members who work 30 or more hours per week. Please request information about benefits available to team members who work 29 hours or less per week. 

Lyft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Thursdays and a team-specific third day. 

The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $52 - $58/hour USD. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.