Senior Software Engineer, Places and Search

Lyft Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 136,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental coverage

Life insurance and disability benefits

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

Lyft Health Care Savings Account

RRSP plan with company match

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

Lyft is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Pickup, Places and Search team in the Mapping organization. The role focuses on improving the Rider and Driver experience through better pickup/drop-off guidance and routing, while leveraging map data for new product features.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, data science, analytics, and operations to ship mapping experiences that delight riders and drivers in real-world scenarios.

Qualifications

• BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering/production infrastructure industry experience.
• Experience designing, debugging and running fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, etc.).
• Experience working with databases, relational or NoSQL.
• Led a set of components or system from design to launch.
• Proficiency with Go and Python is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive high-impact projects and innovate new solutions to provide the best customer experiences
• Lead backend and cross functional projects to achieve long term goals as well as deliver short term roadmaps
• Lead large features from idea to successful execution and launch
• Own systems and components within the team and be accountable for their short term functionality and long term health
• Participate in code and architecture reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
• Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, mentoring others, and promoting appropriate tech and engineering best practices

Skills

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Education

BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Our mission depends on having a digital representation of the physical world - a map with all routing related (real-time) information. This is what makes Lyft different from many products: our products don't just facilitate online interactions, they facilitate dynamic, real-world ones. Without mapping services, none of these real world interactions between people and transport can happen.

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Pickup, Places and Search team within the Mapping organization that is responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining the Rider and Driver product for the Pickup/Drop off Experience. This team supports the backbone of Lyft's search system, supporting millions of rides by helping our riders and drivers connect and reach their destination. Our focus is to ensure the pickup/dropoff experience is seamless by enhancing guidance and routing as well as the rider experience. Additionally the team uses map data and other signals to create new product experiences in collaboration with teams across Lyft. This team has a history of enabling rich and creative features that directly influence the product for all of our users. We constantly innovate and incorporate cutting‑edge technologies to make the lives of our community more enriched.

In this role, you'll collaborate with other engineering teams, product, data science, analytics, and operations on programs that empower us to iterate quickly, delighting our passengers and drivers with rideshare focused mapping experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Drive high-impact projects and innovate new solutions to provide the best customer experiences
• Lead backend and cross functional projects to achieve long term goals as well as deliver short term roadmaps
• Lead large features from idea to successful execution and launch
• Own systems and components within the team and be accountable for their short term functionality and long term health
• Participate in code and architecture reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge, as well manage call rotations and proactively improving processes
• Write well‑crafted, well‑tested, readable, maintainable code
• Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, mentoring others, and promoting appropriate tech and engineering best practices

Experience:

• BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
• 5+ years of software engineering/production infrastructure industry experience
• Experience designing, debugging and running fault‑tolerant, highly available, large‑scale distributed systems
• Experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
• Experience working with databases, relational or NoSQL
• Led a set of components or system from design to launch
• It would be a huge plus to have:
  • Proficiency with Go and Python

Benefits:

• Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account
• RRSP plan with company match to help save for your future
• In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service
• Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top‑up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.
• Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits

Lyft is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging. Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned record of offences, or any other basis protected by applicable law or by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Accommodation for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request in accordance with applicable law during the application and hiring process. Please contact your recruiter if you wish to make such a request.

Lyft highly values having employees working in‑office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in‑office on a hybrid schedule - Team Members will be expected to work in the office at least 3 days per week, including on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in‑office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the Toronto area is CAD $136,000 - CAD $170,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. 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.

Lyft may use artificial intelligence to screen applicants, however, Lyft employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions.

This job fills an existing vacancy.