# Software Engineer, Async Platform

**Company:** [Lyft](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lyft)
**Location:** Toronto, Canada
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** CA$108k – CA$135k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Python, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, SQS, Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, Infrastructure As Code, Distributed Systems, Systems Engineering, Capacity Planning
**Posted:** 2026-08-07

> Build and operate scalable asynchronous platform infrastructure, developing automation and tooling while improving reliability, performance, and operational efficiency. The role requires 5+ years of software development, automation, and systems engineering experience, plus cloud and distributed-systems expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Maintain and analyze metrics from operating systems, control planes, and applications to assist in fault detection and performance enhancement.
- Design, develop, and deploy tooling and systems that improve the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of the platform.
- Balance feature development speed and reliability with service-level objectives.
- Operate and improve infrastructure using industry best practices and tools.
- Participate in design and production-readiness reviews, platform management, and capacity-planning ceremonies with cross-functional teams.
- Document infrastructure operations processes and insights; identify repeatable actions and automate repetitive tasks.
- Participate in team on-call rotations, respond to incidents, and support other teams in mitigating customer-impacting events.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working on teams responsible for software development, automation, and systems engineering.
- Experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or networks.
- Experience developing in Go, Python, or other object-oriented programming languages.
- Experience working with cloud-based environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Commitment to reducing technical debt and maintaining clean, reliable code and configuration.

## Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge of SQS, Kafka, and Kinesis.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Expected base pay range in the Toronto area: **CAD $108,000–$135,000**.
- Extended health and dental coverage, life insurance, and disability benefits.
- Mental health, family-building, child-care, and pet benefits.
- Lyft-funded Health Care Savings Account.
- RRSP plan with company match.
- Flexible paid time off for salaried team members; hourly team members receive 15 days of paid time off, with additional days based on tenure.
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave top-up for eligible biological, adoptive, and foster parents.
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits.

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