Software Engineer - Pay

Lyft; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 108,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in tech seeks experienced software engineers for its Toronto office. You will join a dynamic payments team vital to processing billions in transactions. This hybrid role emphasizes collaboration and offers flexibility, making contributions to innovative payment solutions.

Benefits

Extended health and dental coverage

Mental health benefits

Child care and pet benefits

Flexible paid time off policy

18 weeks of paid time off for new parents

Subsidized commuter benefits

Health Care Savings Account

RRSP plan for future savings

Qualifications

• Experience delivering high-quality code.
• Solid knowledge of distributed systems and databases.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.

Responsibilities

• Write maintainable and well-tested code.
• Participate in code reviews and manage project priorities.
• Analyze systems for improvement and automation.

Skills

High-quality code delivery

Design and architecture patterns

Distributed systems knowledge

Relational and NoSQL databases

Cloud computing experience

Usability sense

Effective communication in English

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 is a global ecosystem of dynamic workplaces, and our Toronto location is no different. We have an ambitious goal to strengthen our international presence by growing a life-changing product, and your efforts will play an essential role in our collective success

Lyft is looking for experienced software engineers to join our Payment engineering team. The payments team is responsible for ensuring that all Lyft products are able to reliably and cost-effectively process payments, both, pay-ins and pay-outs. This means processing tens of billions of dollars in customer payments and driver payouts every year. The team also builds platform capabilities to support innovative payment products, some of the recent ones include Pay with Points from reward programs, billing platform, Lyft Cash, Lyft Direct, Subscriptions and several others. Further, the team manages relationships with our 3rd party payment processors, co-brand partners and gift card program.

Our codebase encompasses millions of lines of code written by following the best development practices, careful code architecture, and an organization around rapid releases. We also follow all modern design patterns and coding standards, as well as rely on third-party libraries and contribute back to the community.

Responsibilities:

• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
• Participate in our teams on call rotation. Identify, triage, debug and resolve issues/bugs across our various applications and platforms
• Have the ability to explain the various trade offs made in decisions
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to build complex features and products from idea to positive execution
• Analyze our internal systems and processes and locate areas for improvement/automation

Experience:

• Experience delivering high-quality code
• Experience using design and architecture patterns
• Solid knowledge of distributed systems, relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experienced with cloud computing platform
• Led a set of components from design to launch
• Good sense of usability and product
• Ability to communicate in English in writing, meeting and presentations.
• Bonus Points: experience pursuing side projects or open-source projects
• Ability to communicate in English in various forms e.g technical document, meetings, presentations

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 $125,000. 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.