Senior Software Engineer, AI Entries
Lyft•Toronto, ON
•CA$136,000 - CA$170,000•Hybrid
About The Position
The Applied AI team is looking for a Backend Engineer to join the AI Entries team. You will build the foundational infrastructure that connects Lyft to emerging AI ecosystems and devices and architect the APIs and orchestration layers that allow third-party agents and multimodal interfaces to interact with Lyft. By building these robust integration, you will help make Lyft available where our riders are.
Requirements
- BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of software engineering/production infrastructure industry experience.
- Experience with Python and Go.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), distributed systems, and databases such as PostgreSQL or DynamoDB
- Proficient and effective in using AI tools (e.g. Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) to accelerate coding and engineering workflows
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming.
- Experience working with data structures or algorithms.
- Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, and cross-functional team.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with LLM orchestration (LangChain, etc.), Vector Databases, or building APIs for conversational agents.
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 our applications and platforms
- Have the ability to explain the various trade offs made in decisions
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
Benefits
- Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits
- Mental health benefits
- Family building benefits
- Child care and pet benefits
- Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account
- RRSP plan with company match to help save for your future
- Flexible paid time off policy for salaried team members
- 15 days paid time off for hourly team members, with an additional day for each year of service
- 18 weeks of paid time off for new parents (biological, adoptive, and foster)
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
