# Senior Software Engineer, Places and Search

**Company:** [Lyft](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lyft)
**Location:** Toronto, Canada
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** CA$136k – CA$170k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Python, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, Distributed Systems, Relational Databases, Nosql Databases, Backend Engineering, Fault-Tolerant Systems
**Posted:** 2026-08-10

> Leads backend and cross-functional engineering projects for Lyft’s Places and Search team, building highly available distributed mapping systems that support pickup and drop-off experiences. Requires 5+ years of software engineering experience and proficiency with cloud platforms and databases.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Drive high-impact projects and innovate solutions to provide the best customer experiences.
- Lead backend and cross-functional projects to achieve long-term goals and deliver short-term roadmaps.
- Lead large features from idea through successful execution and launch.
- Own systems and components, remaining accountable for short-term functionality and long-term health.
- Participate in code and architecture reviews to ensure quality and distribute knowledge.
- Manage on-call rotations and proactively improve processes.
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code.
- Share knowledge through brown bags and tech talks, mentor others, and promote appropriate engineering best practices.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree, or equivalent, in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or relevant work experience.
- 5+ years of software engineering or production infrastructure industry experience.
- Experience designing, debugging, and operating fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with relational or NoSQL databases.
- Experience leading components or systems from design through launch.

## Nice to Have
- Proficiency with Go.
- Proficiency with Python.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Expected base pay range in the Toronto area: CAD $136,000–$170,000, excluding potential equity, bonus, and benefits.
- Extended health and dental coverage, life insurance, and disability benefits.
- Mental health benefits.
- 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 for each year of service.
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave through a top-up plan complementing provincial programs.
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits.

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