Backend Software Engineer

Job Title: Backend Software Engineer
Job Location: Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Job Duration: 4 months on T4

Description
At Lyft, we believe that ride by ride, we're changing the way our world works. We're seeking talented contractors to help us build a world where cities feel small again - where transportation and tech bring people together. This is a contract role, and we're looking for experienced professionals ready to hit the ground running.

Join one of the world s leading bike share platform providers, where we empower cities and clients by providing reliable, efficient and innovative bikeshare solutions.

We are looking for an intermediate Backend Software Developer (Contract) to implement B2B customer features, maintain and expand services for key clients across 40+ markets. If you are passionate about urban mobility, scalable backend systems, and robust software solutions in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, this role is a great fit.

Roles and Responsibilities:
Feature Development:

• Collaborate with product management, account management and engineering teams to design and implement new, exciting features based on customer demands.
• Your code is reliable, efficient, maintainable and well tested.
• System Integration: Integrate critical existing systems with modern components to enhance performance, maintainability and lead towards our goal of building the world s top SaaS bikeshare platform.

Technical Specifications:

• Translate product requirements into detailed technical specifications and actionable plans. Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Work closely with engineers across different teams, technical account managers and product management.
• Be clear and transparent with your stakeholders and partners.

Maintenance & Improvement: maintain existing functionality to ensure stability and reliability across deployments; identify areas for improvement that factor in the platform s constant evolution.

Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Java and Python with a solid foundation in object-oriented programming. Strong experience with MySQL or other RDBMS .
• Familiarity with AWS and infra-as-code for deploying and maintaining could-native applications
• Knowledge of DataDog or similar observability tools for monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting.
• Ability to troubleshoot, analyze, mitigate and resolve production issues quickly, transparently, and effectively.
• Strong collaborative skills and the ability to work in a cross-functional environment

Requirements:
3+ years of experience as a backend developer, ideally working with a large system Experience with distributed systems or large-scale data applications is a plus.