Software Engineer at Lyft

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

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health & dental

Life & disability insurance

Family building benefits

Child care & pet benefits

Health Savings Account with company-ḿ

Flexible PTO

Paid time off for new parents

Commuter benefits

Lyft ride credits

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

Lyft seeks a backend Software Engineer in Toronto, ON to join the claims tech engineering team. This full-time on-site role focuses on building a unified risk platform and optimizing data workflows with insurance partners.

The role is hybrid, requiring in-office presence at least 3 days per week. We expect 3+ years of experience, strong object-oriented programming skills, distributed systems experience, and work with databases.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience with object-oriented programming.
• Experience in distributed systems.
• Experience working with databases, relational or NoSQL.
• Write clear, scalable design documentation.
• Design, build and improve a set of team owned components.

Responsibilities

• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code.
• Own feature from product spec to successful high quality development, deployment and maintenance.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge.
• Respond to external questions and requests.
• Unblock, support and communicate with stakeholders to achieve results.

Skills

3+ years experience

Object-oriented programming

Distributed systems

Databases

Design documentation

Team ownership

Job description

Apply for Software Engineer at Lyft in Toronto, ON, CA. This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. 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. We are looking for experienced backend software engineers to join our claims tech engineering team. Our vision is to tangibly reduce risk on the Lyft platform, and by extension reduce insurance cost. Our team is dedicated to centralizing the entire claims operation onto a unified risk platform. This consolidation of data, workflows, and communications aims to foster proactive measures, enhance efficiency, ensure consistency, and provide valuable insights. These efforts are designed to effectively reduce claims costs as Lyft's operations expand. Additionally, our team is responsible for maintaining robust relationships with our third-party insurance partners, guaranteeing timely, proactive, and precise sharing of claim data.

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

Responsibilities

• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
• Own feature from product spec to successful high quality development, deployment and maintenance
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
• Respond to external questions and requests.
• Unblock, support and communicate with stakeholders to achieve results

Experience

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience
• Experience with object-oriented programming
• Experience in distributed systems
• Experience working with databases, relational or NoSQL
• Write clear, scalable and clear design documentation
• Design, build and improve a set of team owned components

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.

Salary

The expected base pay range for this position in the Toronto area isCAD $108,000 - CAD $135,000, 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.

This job fills an existing vacancy.