Lyft

Android Software Engineer, Lyft Urban Solutions

Lyft$72K — $90K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 1-3 years of software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in Kotlin
  • Experience with Jetpack Compose and declarative UI development
  • Ability to articulate technical reasoning and decisions

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, deploy, and maintain Rider experience components
  • Write reliable, maintainable code with comprehensive test coverage
  • Reduce technical debt and improve tooling and code structure
  • Identify and automate internal system improvements
  • Participate in code reviews to ensure quality and share knowledge
  • Produce technical documentation covering key areas
  • Monitor deployed code and proactively fix bugs

Benefits

  • Extended health and dental coverage options
  • Mental health and family building benefits
  • Pet benefits
  • Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account
  • RRSP plan with company match
  • Flexible paid time off policy allowing for extensive personal time
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave for all types of parents
  • Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits
Full Job Description
We're looking for an Android Software Engineer to join the Rider Experience team within Lyft Urban Solutions. Your work will directly power the digital experiences behind our bike-share and scooter-share platforms. You'll build the backend systems that make membership programs, rider features, and real-time experiences feel seamless and fast. We're moving quickly on this hire; the team has ambitious goals for 2026 and needs strong engineers who are ready to ship. Our engineers are sharp, pragmatic problem-solvers who move fast and deploy to production continuously. Responsibilities: Engineering & Delivery - Design, develop, deploy, monitor, operate, and maintain elements of our Rider experience, owning components end to end - Write reliable, performant, and maintainable code, with comprehensive test coverage - Reduce technical debt and contribute to ongoing improvements in tooling and code structure - Analyze internal systems and processes to identify opportunities for improvement and automation - Participate in code reviews to uphold code quality and share knowledge across the team - Produce technical specs, runbooks, and documentation covering requirements, security, and privacy - Share knowledge and support team growth through onboarding materials, brown bags, tech talks, and engineering best practices Operations & Quality - Rotate on-call, monitoring deployed code for stability and performance, proactively fixing bugs, and keeping dashboards and alerts up to date - Support and escalate production incidents as needed, and contribute improvements to on-call practices and long-term reliability Technical Collaboration - Partner closely with product, data science, analytics, and operations teams to move fast without breaking things - Communicate technical trade-offs clearly, to engineers and non-engineers alike - Participate in code reviews and technical discussions - Partner with product, design, TPM, QA, and other cross-functional teams where applicable Experience: Technical Foundation - BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience - Minimum 1 - 3 years of software engineering industry experience - Experience with Kotlin - Experience with Jetpack Compose, declarative UI development, and creating shared components Ways of Working - You thrive in a low-ego, highly collaborative, cross-functional environment - You can articulate the reasoning behind technical decisions, not just the decisions themselves - Bonus: you pursue side projects or contribute to open source; curiosity and initiative matter here Benefits: - Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits - Mental health benefits - Family building benefits - Pet benefits - Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account - RRSP plan with company match 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 and Lyft ride credits 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 Montreal area is CAD $72,000 - CAD $90,000, 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.

About Lyft

Lyft is a transportation network company that was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates a mobile app that allows users to request rides from nearby drivers. Lyft provides ride-hailing services in the United States and Canada, and it has expanded into other transportation services, such as bike-sharing and scooter-sharing. The company is known for its pink mustache logo, which was replaced by a glowing dashboard mustache in 2015. Lyft went public in March 2019.
Learn more about Lyft
Size
4,453 employees
Market Cap
$3.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.7 billion
Founded
2012
5 Year Trend
+56.4%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
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