Software Engineer Intern, Fullstack (Summer 2027 - Toronto)

About the role

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Interns work side-by-side with top engineers in the industry while having autonomy from the get-go. They contribute to user-facing products and are able to see their work go live quickly. Lyft fosters a collaborative environment in the office, so there's always a sharp mind eager to hear about your next idea. So what's yours?

Responsibilities:

- Own your project, while checking in with other team members throughout the day with questions and updates

- You leave the code in a better state than when you found it (progressive refactor)

- You value reliability, ensured by testing (unit, integration and load tests)

- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge

- Continuous integration and deployment

- Go home knowing 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 university in Canada (required), with a graduation date between December 2027 and Summer 2028 (required). For any candidates who are master's students who worked between their bachelor's and master's programs: candidates should also have less than 2 years of relevant full-time work experience

- Available during Summer 2027 for an internship in Toronto

- Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals

- Knowledge of Python, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML

- Experience working with leading JavaScript frameworks, like React

- Experience with modern frontend testing tools, such as Webpack, Babel, Jest, Jasmine, Protractor, and WebDriver

- Understanding of how browsers and DOM work

- Experience with Git or other distributed version control systems

- Experience with browser developer tools

- Experience with the Unix command line interface

- Solid understanding of web performance

- Experience with TypeScript

- Experience with CSS preprocessors like Sass

- Understanding of unit, integration, and end-to-end testing

- 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