At Lyft, our mission is to improve people's lives with the world's best transportation. To accomplish this, we start with our community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization. 

Lyft is looking for experienced and product-focused software engineers. We are growing our team with people who want to build, improve, and incorporate technologies that enrich the lives of our community. As an engineer at Lyft, you'll collaborate cross functionally with product, data science, analytics, and operations on code that empowers us to iterate quickly while focusing on delighting our passengers and drivers.

The Rider organization is focused on building a seamless, best-in-class rideshare experience for riders. From the foundational functionality of requesting a ride to the tailored interactions with your flight, we sweat the small stuff to help make Lyft the best transportation solution. As a Senior Software Engineer for Rider, you will work hand in hand with various teams across Lyft, fostering collaboration, and driving innovation to increase the adoption & usage of Lyft.

Responsibilities: Write well-crafted, maintainable code and collaborate with product managers, designers,and engineering teams to deliver complex features from idea to execution. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, while considering business context and failure modes in design decisions. Participate in code reviews, ensuring code quality, sharing knowledge, and mentoring junior engineers. Join the on-call rotation, triaging and resolving incidents/issues across applications and platforms. Contribute to defining the roadmap and architecture, and identify opportunities for process improvement and automation. Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience with high-level programming languages; experience with Python and Go is a plus. BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience. Strong background in distributed systems, and proficient in both relational and NoSQL databases. Proven experience in designing, debugging, and managing fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems. Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Kubernetes for scalable system deployment and container management. Benefits: Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits Mental health benefits Family building benefits Access to a Health Care Savings Account In addition to provincial observed holidays, team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service  4 Floating Holidays each calendar year prorated based off of date of hire 10 paid sick days per year regardless of province 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible

Lyft proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. 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 now if you wish to make such a request.

This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Thursdays and a team-specific third day. 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 $124,800 - $172,000 CAD. 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.