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 Urban Solution team is developing the future of micro-mobility and we are looking for a solid, experienced Software Engineer to join our Stations Software Platform team to work on helping us transition our customers to our latest generation platform and to make the platform evolve in a solution that can be brought to multiple different markets and business models.
While technical interviews and interactions with teams outside Montreal will primarily be in English, our vibrant working environment here in Montreal is fully bilingual.
Responsibilities:
Help define the roadmap and architecture based on technology and business needs
Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
Have a good grasp and ability to explain the various tradeoffs made in decisions
Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
Lead projects from idea to positive execution
Incorporate considerations for business context and failure modes in your work
Proactively participate in resolving ongoing incidents
Unblock, support, effectively communicate and obtain buy-in across teams to achieve results
Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and evangelizing appropriate tech and engineering best practices
See the direct impact of your work on the efficiency of our operating teams and the experience of Lyft riders.
Experience:
3+ years of software engineering industry
Experience with object-oriented programming (bonus points for Python or Go)
Experience in distributed systems (eg: kubernetes, gRPC)
Experience working with databases, relational or NoSQL
Experience designing, building and improving a set of team owned components
Experience defining API schemas and developing backend services in a microservices environment
Culture of investigating and solving problems outside of your expertise
Culture of going out of your way to help out your fellow engineer
Must be fluent in spoken and written English and have a working proficiency in French
Benefits:
Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits
Mental health benefits
Family building benefits
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 Montreal area is CAD $88,000 - CAD $110,000. 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.