Description
As a Software Engineer Intern, Backend at Lyft, you will work side-by-side with top engineers in the industry, contributing to user-facing products and seeing your work go live quickly.
Responsibilities:
- Own your project, while checking in with other team members throughout the day with questions and updates
- Ensure the code is in a better state than when you found it through progressive refactoring
- Value reliability, ensured by testing, including unit, integration, and load tests
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
- Engage in continuous integration and deployment
- Know that your work today is meaningfully improving the lives of every Lyft driver and every Lyft passenger!
Experience:
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science from a Canadian university, with a graduation date between December 2027 and Summer 2028
- Available during Summer 2027 for the internship in Toronto
- Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals
- Excellent communication skills
- Passion for community, sustainability, and/or transportation
- Ability to thrive in a startup environment
- Experience with real-time technology problems
- Contributions to open source projects
- Experience working with databases
- Experience solving real-time technology problems
- Experience with mobile development
Benefits:
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to holidays, interns receive 2 days paid time off and 3 days sick time off
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits