Lyft

Software Developer, Back-end Platforms

Canada
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Description

At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. Imagine cities where streets are safe, communities thrive, and personal cars are a thing of the past. We envision a future where shared and active transportation modes are the norm, fostering vibrant, connected neighborhoods.

As a leader in micromobility, Lyft powers millions of rides daily across over 200 cities with our cutting-edge ride-sharing, bike-sharing, and scooter-sharing technologies. Our Montreal office is the birthplace of North America's first automated bike-share system, Bixi, which has since revolutionized urban mobility. Today, our pioneering system is operational in more than 50 cities worldwide, including Barcelona, Bogota, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Dubai, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Montreal, New York, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, and Washington DC, to name just a few. Join us and be part of the team behind some of the world's largest and most successful bike-share systems!

Lyft’s Urban Solutions 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. 

Technical interviews and interactions with the other offices in the company will be in English; however, the working environment in Montreal is 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

Experience:

  • BSc/MSc in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, related field or relevant work experience
  • 5+ years of software engineering industry experience
  • Experience with object-oriented programming
  • Experience in distributed systems
  • Knowledge of Java, Go and/or Python
  • Experience working with databases, relational or NoSQL
  • Experience writing clear, scalable and clear design documentation
  • Experience designing, building and improving a set of team owned components
  • Must have a track record of professional excellence
  • Must be fluent in spoken and written English and have a working proficiency in French

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans, including family coverage
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Mental health support programs
  • Healthcare Spending Account (HSA)
  • Fertility and family-building support
  • Complimentary lunch, snacks, beverages, coffee, and tea in our offices
  • Additional holidays (13 in 2024, 5 more than the legal requirement)
  • 15 days of paid time off, with an extra day for each year of service, up to a maximum of 25 days
  • 4 floating holidays per year
  • 10 paid sick days annually
  • Occasional company-wide recharge days (5 in 2024)
  • Up to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave, subject to certain conditions, for biological, adoptive, and foster parents
  • And other special benefits related to our services

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

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