Lyft

Software Engineer, Observability

Lyft · Toronto, Canada

Posted about a month ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
33 days
Lyft's roles stay open a median of 43 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
62% of Lyft's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Lyft
high
80 stale, 4 reposted of 171 open
Hiring momentum
267 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Software Engineer on the Observability team at Lyft, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving the logging and metrics infrastructure that ensures operational health across the platform. Your role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance observability, automating infrastructure operations, and participating in on-call rotations to support incident response. You will also focus on defining service-level objectives and documenting processes to improve system reliability and performance.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
3/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 3+ years of experience in software development, automation, and systems engineering
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a relevant discipline
  • Proficiency in creating production-ready code in one or more high-level languages, such as Go or Python
  • Experience operating infrastructure in public cloud environments, such as AWS
  • Experience in building and maintaining observability infrastructure
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes and managing multi-cluster environments

What you get

  • 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

Worth weighing

  • Hybrid work model requires in-office presence at least 3 days per week
  • No specific mention of career growth opportunities or training programs
  • Salary range provided, but may vary based on qualifications and experience

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Listed by Lyft on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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