Software Engineer, Android

Lyft; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading rideshare company in Toronto seeks an experienced Android developer to join their Mapping organization. You will develop applications used by millions of users and collaborate with product and engineering teams. The ideal candidate has over 2 years of experience, proficiency in Java and Kotlin, and a strong understanding of usability and product design. This hybrid role involves working in the office at least three days a week and offers generous benefits including flexible paid time off.

Benefits

Extended health and dental coverage

Mental health benefits

Flexible paid time off

Paid parental leave

Subsidized commuter benefits

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as an Android developer.
• Experience working on and shipping large scale Android applications.
• Proficiency in Java and Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Keep up-to-date with Android development.
• Build great UX for millions of users.
• Work within product teams to build exciting features.

Skills

Android development

Java

Kotlin

Collaboration

Usability

Architecture patterns

Design patterns

Reactive programming

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.

The Mapping organization at Lyft has spent the last few years building up Lyft’s mapping assets and capabilities by combining many internal and external data sources and services into an increasingly powerful and mission-critical technology stack. In doing so, we’ve also enabled new user experiences and features across all of Lyft’s products, including rideshare industry leading firsts like CarPlay, Android Auto, and real-time driver feedback!

You’re an experienced app developer looking to make a big impact and help take our team to the next level. We build apps used by millions of people, and we take great pride in our work. This means excellent development practices, careful code architecture, and an organization built around rapid releases.

You'll collaborate with engineering, 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:

• Keep up-to-date with Android development
• Build great UX for millions of users
• Work within our product teams to build exciting features
• New feature development and experimentation with further data analysis
• Solve challenging real-time data transfer and synchronization problems

Experience:

• 2+ years of experience as an Android developer
• Worked on and shipped large scale Android applications
• Experience delivering high-quality code
• Experience using design and architecture patterns
• Proficiency in Java and Kotlin
• Good sense of usability and product
• Generalist engineer experience - experience building web services, accessing data storages
• Bonus Points: experience pursuing side projects or open-source projects, experience with unidirectional data-flow and reactive programming
• Strong communication skills and advanced proficiency in English
• Very knowledgeable about architecture and design patterns
• Great product sense; you care about usability and good design
• Worked collaboratively with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to build complex products

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 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

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 $108,000-$135,000. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.