Software Engineer - Pricing & Distributed Systems

Visa Hunt; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health & dental

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

Lyft Health Savings Account

RRSP plan with company match

Paid time off (hybrid, 3 days in the/2

Job summary

Lyft in Toronto seeks a software engineer to help optimize pricing, delivery, and rider experiences. You’ll build scalable distributed systems, work with cross-functional teams, and own features from concept to launch.

The role emphasizes Python, Go, and AWS, plus collaboration across product and science teams. It involves hybrid in-office work and a focus on high-quality backend engineering.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of software engineering industry experience.
• Extensive experience in object oriented programming, ideally in GoLang or Python.
• Experience in backend software development of distributed systems and concurrency.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, and ability to collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Drive high-impact projects and innovate new solutions to provide the best user experience.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to develop solutions based on technology and business needs, and advance team’s goals and priorities.
• Independently lead features from idea to positive execution and launch.
• Unblock, support and communicate with internal partners to achieve results.
• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code.
• Utilize your expertise in Python, Go, AWS to deliver robust and scalable solutions.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge, as well as on call rotations.
• Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and promoting appropriate tech and engineering best practices

Skills

Python

Go

AWS

Distributed systems

Concurrency

Communication

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Job description

Lyft in Toronto seeks a software engineer to help optimize pricing, delivery, and rider experiences. You’ll build scalable distributed systems, work with cross-functional teams, and own features from concept to launch.

The role emphasizes Python, Go, and AWS, plus collaboration across product and science teams. It involves hybrid in-office work and a focus on high-quality backend engineering.