Software Engineer, LUS Backend Platforms

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Lyft’s Bikes & Scooters 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. 

• →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

• 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
• Experience with Java and/or Python, familiarity with Scala is a plus
• 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