Software Engineer, Developer Experience

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

Job summary

A leading ride-sharing company based in Toronto is seeking a Software Engineer for their Developer Experience team. You will enhance internal developer workflows and infrastructure. The ideal candidate has a strong background in software development, engineering practices, and collaboration skills. This role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working conditions, and great company benefits.

Benefits

Health and dental coverage

Mental health benefits

Flexible paid time off

18 weeks paid parental leave

Subsidized commuter benefits

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software development, automation, and systems engineering.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container technologies at scale.
• Proficiency in one or more high-level languages for large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize libraries and developer tools.
• Plan and execute cross team projects.
• Write well-crafted, maintainable code.

Skills

Software development

Automation

Systems engineering

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Go

Rust

Javascript

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.

Lyft’s Infrastructure team is passionate about building software to solve problems at massive scale. We are growing rapidly and looking for engineers to help us scale. Our team is responsible for building the foundational systems that engineers rely on to develop stable, scalable, and efficient services. We provide standardized infrastructure that enables software developers to move fast while maintaining the flexibility they need to innovate within their teams. We are seeking engineers to create an exceptional development experience across Lyft, contributing directly to the company’s stability and productivity.

Key traits for success in this role include a passion for improving developer experience, a quick learning ability, a collaborative mindset, and an eagerness to drive initiatives both within and across teams. You'll be joining a small, close-knit team of passionate and supportive colleagues.

As a Software Engineer on the Developer Experience team at Lyft, you will shape and improve internal developer workflows and infrastructure, collaborating across teams to identify bottlenecks and design scalable solutions. Our team accelerates key processes such as local development, continuous integration, code review, testing, and artifact management. We directly impact every engineer at Lyft by reducing friction, integrating AI-powered automation, and ensuring a seamless developer experience. Your work will make development at Lyft faster, more reliable, and more enjoyable.

Read more about some of the projects this team has worked on:

• Extending our Envoy mesh with staging overrides
• Gating Deploys with Automated Acceptance Tests
• How Lyft uses load testing to ensure reliable service during peak events

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and optimize libraries, developer tools, and infrastructure to streamline local development, CI, and code review, enabling engineers to ship high-quality code for critical business initiatives.
• Plan and execute cross team projects from inception to delivery.
• Partner with adjacent Infrastructure engineering teams to understand their use cases, debug problems, and design scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code.
• Build and develop partnerships across the organization to enhance the developer experience.
• Lead incident responses, mentor teammates on operational best practices, and implement long-term systemic fixes.
• Develop and improve testing and automation processes to reduce operational burden.
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation, respond to incidents, and support other teams in mitigating customer-impacting events.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers.

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in software development, automation, and systems engineering.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container technologies (e.g., Docker, cri-o) at scale is a plus.
• Proven ability to design, build, and improve team-owned components.
• Proficiency in one or more high-level languages, such as Python, Go, Rust, or Javascript, for large-scale distributed systems.
• Ability to write clear, scalable design documentation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and developer tooling.
• Experience building and owning products for software engineers is a plus.

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 - CAD 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.