Software Engineer, Growth Products

Socotra, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation company in Toronto is looking for a skilled software engineer to design and maintain infrastructure. With at least 3 years of experience in software engineering, candidates should be proficient in Python or Go, and have experience with microservices. This hybrid position offers a competitive salary, extended health benefits, and a flexible time-off policy.

Benefits

Extended health and dental coverage

Mental health benefits

Paid time off and RRSP plan

Subsidized commuter benefits

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering / production infrastructure experience.
• Experience in a microservices environment.
• Ability to write clear and scalable design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain systems and infrastructure.
• Write well-crafted, maintainable code.
• Participate in code reviews.

Skills

Software engineering experience

High-level programming languages (Python, Go)

API schema definition

Database experience (relational, NoSQL)

Design documentation

Public cloud platforms

Growth engineering

Job description

Overview

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 Growth Team at Lyft focuses on acquiring and resurrecting riders and drivers efficiently to grow the business and balance the marketplace. We handle critical infrastructure to execute, manage, and optimize growth campaigns for the entire company and move quickly to test and develop new products.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, monitor, operate, and maintain existing or new elements of our systems and infrastructure
• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
• Help define the roadmap and architecture based on technology and business needs
• Participate in our team's on-call rotations, respond to incidents, and support other teams to mitigate customer-impacting events
• Incorporate considerations for business context and failure modes in your work
• Have a good grasp and ability to explain the various tradeoffs made in decisions
• Unblock, support, effectively communicate, and obtain buy-in across teams to achieve results

Experience

• 3+ years of software engineering / production infrastructure industry experience with a high level programming language (Python and / or Go are preferable)
• Experience defining API schemas and developing backend services in a microservices environment
• Experience designing, building and improving a set of team owned components
• Experience working with databases, relational or NoSQL
• Experience writing clear and scalable design documentation
• Experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, etc.).
• Experience with growth engineering, marketing technology, or user engagement systems 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.

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