Software Engineer, Fulfillment
Software engineer responsible for designing and delivering reliable, large-scale fulfillment systems for Lyft’s ridesharing marketplace. The role requires 3+ years of industry experience, distributed-systems expertise, cloud-platform experience, and proficiency with CI tools.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the roadmap and architecture based on technology and business needs.
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code.
- Explain trade-offs made in technical decisions.
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge.
- Build features from technical specification through execution.
- Proactively participate in resolving ongoing incidents.
- Unblock, support, communicate effectively, and obtain buy-in across teams.
- Share knowledge through brown bags and technical talks.
Requirements
- BS/MS degree or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or relevant work experience.
- 3+ years of software engineering industry experience.
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming.
- Experience designing, debugging, and running fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with common CI tools such as Jenkins, Buildkite, CircleCI, or TeamCity, with proficiency in at least one.
- Solid knowledge of distributed systems, relational databases, and NoSQL databases.
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 paid time off, with an additional day per year of service.
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave top-up for eligible biological, adoptive, and foster parents.
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits.
Skills
Object-Oriented Programming, Distributed Systems, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, Jenkins, Buildkite, CircleCI, Teamcity, Relational Databases, Nosql Databases, CI/CD
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