# Senior Software Engineer, AI Entries

**Company:** [Lyft](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lyft)
**Location:** Toronto, Canada
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** CA$136k – CA$170k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, Distributed Systems, Postgres, DynamoDB, Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures, Algorithms, Llm Orchestration, LangChain, Vector Databases, Conversational Apis
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Build backend infrastructure, APIs, and orchestration layers connecting Lyft with emerging AI ecosystems and devices. The role requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, Python and Go expertise, cloud and distributed-systems knowledge, and experience designing scalable systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Establish engineering best practices and patterns; help uplift the team's craft and drive a culture of engineering excellence.
- Drive high-impact projects and innovate new solutions to deliver the best user experience.
- Produce and drive scalable system design for large, complex features from idea through execution and launch.
- Mentor engineers on the team, providing technical guidance and supporting their growth.
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code.
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and share knowledge across the team.
- Participate in the team's on-call rotation; identify, triage, debug, and resolve issues across applications and platforms.
- Explain the trade-offs made in technical decisions.
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree, or equivalent practical experience, in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of software engineering or production infrastructure industry experience.
- Experience with Python and Go.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure; distributed systems; and databases such as PostgreSQL or DynamoDB.
- Proficiency in using AI tools such as Copilot, Claude Code, or Cursor to accelerate coding and engineering workflows.
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming.
- Experience with data structures and algorithms.
- Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, cross-functional team.

## Nice to Have
- Experience with LLM orchestration, such as LangChain.
- Experience with vector databases.
- Experience building APIs for conversational agents.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Extended health and dental coverage, life insurance, and disability benefits.
- Mental health benefits.
- Family-building benefits.
- 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 paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service.
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave for eligible biological, adoptive, and foster parents, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs.
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits.
- Hybrid schedule requiring in-office work at least 3 days per week, including Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
- Flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year.
- Expected base pay range in the Toronto area: CAD $136,000–$170,000, excluding potential equity, bonus, or benefits.

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