Senior AI Backend Engineer (Hybrid, Toronto)

Cloudjobs; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 136,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental coverage

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

Lyft Health Care Savings Account

RRSP with company match

Flexible PTO for salaried employees

Paid time off for new parents (18 wks)

Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft/

Job summary

Lyft is seeking a Backend Engineer for the AI Entries team in Toronto. Build the infrastructure that connects Lyft to emerging AI ecosystems and design APIs to support multimodal interactions for riders and drivers.

You will work with product, data science, analytics, and operations to deliver scalable, robust systems and accelerate engineering workflows using Python and Go in a cloud environment. This role is in-office on a hybrid schedule in Toronto.

Qualifications

• BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering/production infrastructure industry experience.
• Experience with Python and Go.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), distributed systems, and databases such as PostgreSQL or DynamoDB
• Proficient and effective in using AI tools to accelerate coding and engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Establish engineering best practices and patterns; uplift the team's craft and drive a culture of engineering excellence
• Drive high-impact projects and innovate new solutions to deliver the best user experience
• Produce and drive scalable system design for large, complex features — from idea through execution and launch
• Mentor engineers on the team, providing technical guidance and supporting their growth
• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and share knowledge across the team
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation; identify, triage, debug, and resolve issues across our applications and platforms
• Have the ability to explain the various trade offs made in decisions
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables

Skills

Python

Go

Object-oriented programming

Algorithms

Data structures

Education

BS/MS in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Job description

Lyft is seeking a Backend Engineer for the AI Entries team in Toronto. Build the infrastructure that connects Lyft to emerging AI ecosystems and design APIs to support multimodal interactions for riders and drivers.

You will work with product, data science, analytics, and operations to deliver scalable, robust systems and accelerate engineering workflows using Python and Go in a cloud environment. This role is in-office on a hybrid schedule in Toronto.