Senior Software Engineer - Ad Infra, Lyft Ads
About The Position
Lyft is looking for experienced software engineers from a scope of disciplines. We are growing our team with people who want to build, improve and incorporate technologies that make the lives of our community more enriched. As an engineer at Lyft, you'll collaborate with teams like product, data science, analytics, and operations on code that empower us to iterate quickly, while focusing on delighting our riders and drivers. As a Senior Software Engineer for Lyft Ads - you will work on one of Lyft’s newest lines of business focused on building the world’s largest transportation media network. We build products that allow brands to engage with our unique audience throughout their transportation journeys and beyond. For this role we are seeking software engineers who are passionate about backend and data engineering. You will join our Ad Infra Engineering team and contribute to building the systems and pipelines powering our ad-serving, measurement and audience platform. We work on technologies that let brands engage with our unique audience throughout their transportation journeys. This role is a great opportunity for an early-career engineer to gain experience working with distributed backend systems and large-scale data workflows, collaborating closely with product, analytics, and data science teams.
Requirements
- BSc/MSc in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, related field or relevant work experience
- 5+ years of industry experience in backend or data engineering roles
- Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java)
- Good understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and database design (SQL and NoSQL).
- Exposure to orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Prefect) and data distribution technologies (e.g., Kafka, Pub/Sub).
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, BigQuery, DynamoDB).
- Experience with Linux.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend systems that support real-time ad serving, campaign management, and reporting.
- Design and implement scalable data models to support analytics, targeting, and measurement use cases.
- Build and maintain data pipelines that handle ingestion, transformation, and distribution of large volumes of advertising data.
- Work with orchestration frameworks (e.g., Airflow) to schedule and monitor reliable, production-grade data workflows.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to integrate internal and third-party systems via APIs and batch data feeds.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices (CI/CD, observability, code reviews).
- Participate in architecture discussions and design reviews with an emphasis on performance and reliability.
- Learn and grow through mentorship, documentation, and regular team collaboration.
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
