At a glance
- Experience
- 1-3 years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Toronto
About the role
- The Planned Pricing team sits within Lyft's Marketplace org and is responsible for forecasting, planning, and setting prices ahead of demand.
- As an owner of a flow that shapes forecasting and long-term pricing decisions across the company, you'll tackle a wide range of problems from large-scale distributed systems and data pipelines to experimentation and forecasting accuracy.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, deploy, monitor, operate and maintain existing or new elements of our systems and infrastructure
- Collaborate with engineers and partners in science & product to drive projects from inception, specification, execution, to launch
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable and maintainable code
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
- Design and own the way pricing data is consumed, stored, and shared with the entirety of Lyft
- Share your knowledge by giving brown bags, tech talks, and evangelizing appropriate tech and engineering best practices
- Utilize your expertise in Python, Golang, AWS to deliver robust and scalable solutions
Requirements
- 1 - 3 years of software engineering industry experience
- BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
- Extensive experience in object-oriented programming (ideally Python or Go)
- Write clear, scalable and clear design documentation
- Experience in backend software development of large-scale distributed systems and concurrency
- Strong oral and written communication skills, and ability to collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners
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
- 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 as a top-up plan
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits
Workplace
- In-office on a hybrid schedule requiring work in the office at least 3 days per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays)
- Working in the office at least 3 days per week is considered an essential function of this hybrid role
- Hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year
Skills
- Python
- Golang
- AWS
- Object-oriented Programming
- Backend Software Development
- Distributed Systems
- Concurrency
