Senior Real-Time Streaming Platform Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading ride-sharing company is seeking a Software Engineer in Toronto to design and maintain high-performance, low-latency streaming systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with technologies like Apache Flink and Kafka, alongside a collaborative spirit within cross-functional teams. This hybrid role requires in-office work at least 3 days a week, offering great benefits and a competitive salary of $136,000 to $170,000.

Benefits

Extended health and dental coverage

Mental health benefits

Flexible paid time off

Subsidized commuter benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining low latency, high throughput services.
• 5+ years of experience with large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
• 3+ years of experience with distributed streaming solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain scalable streaming solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate streaming solutions.
• Operate a real-time streaming platform with high availability.

Skills

Experience with low latency, high throughput systems

Proficiency in Apache Kafka

Familiarity with Kubernetes

Experience with cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Tools

Apache Flink

Apache Beam

Docker

Job description

A leading ride-sharing company is seeking a Software Engineer in Toronto to design and maintain high-performance, low-latency streaming systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with technologies like Apache Flink and Kafka, alongside a collaborative spirit within cross-functional teams. This hybrid role requires in-office work at least 3 days a week, offering great benefits and a competitive salary of $136,000 to $170,000.