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Senior Software Engineer, Recommendations
Lyft
Toronto, CAN
Hybrid
Discovered 3 weeks ago
PythonGoAWS, GCP, or AzurePostgreSQL or DynamoDBAI tools (e.g. Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor)Object-oriented programming
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Role Overview
Lyft is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Recommendations team.
The role involves building backend systems that decide what offers to surface to riders, architecting pipelines and services, and driving high-impact projects.
The ideal candidate will have a BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, 5+ years of software engineering experience, and proficiency in Python, Go, and cloud platforms.
Key Skills for This Role
PythonGoAWS, GCP, or AzurePostgreSQL or DynamoDBAI tools (e.g. Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor)Object-oriented programming
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Job Overview
Lyft is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Recommendations team.
The role involves building backend systems that decide what offers to surface to riders, architecting pipelines and services, and driving high-impact projects.
The ideal candidate will have a BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, 5+ years of software engineering experience, and proficiency in Python, Go, and cloud platforms.
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.
- Champion and evangelize the use of AI tools to accelerate engineering productivity across the team, sharing patterns and best practices that raise the bar for how the team builds.
- 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 our applications and platforms.
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