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Lyft

Software Engineer, Ads Infrastructure

Lyft•Engineering
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Toronto·Hybrid·Canada Only
Full-time
Mid Level
$121,500 – $135,000
5 days ago

Location requirements

  • This position is available to candidates in Canada
PythonJavaSQLPostgreSQLDynamoDBLinuxApache KafkaApache AirflowBigQueryPrefect+3 more
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About this role

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 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 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 and measurement 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.

Why Lyft Ads?

  • Be part of a high-impact team building the foundations of Lyft’s advertising infra
  • Gain experience working with complex systems at scale, backed by mentorship and growth opportunities.
  • Join a supportive, inclusive environment focused on engineering excellence and business impact.

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.

Experience:

  • BSc/MSc in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, related field or relevant work experience
  • 2+ 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.

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 to help save for your future
  • In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service
  • Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.
  • Subsidized commuter benefits

Lyft is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging. Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned record of offences, or any other basis protected by applicable law or by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Accommodation for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request in accordance with applicable law during the application and hiring process. Please contact your recruiter if you wish to make such a request.

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office at least 3 days per week, including on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the Toronto area is CAD $108,000 - CAD $135,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

Lyft may use artificial intelligence to screen applicants, however, Lyft employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions.

This job fills an existing vacancy.

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About Lyft

Wherever you're headed, count on Lyft for rides in minutes. The Lyft app matches you with local drivers at the tap of a button. Just request and go. Ride by ride, we're changing the way our world works. We imagine a world where cities feel small again. Where transportation and tech bring people together, instead of apart. We see the future as community-driven - and it starts with you.

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