Data Engineer Intern

Who you are

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science or related major 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 SQL and data modeling fundamentals
• Experience working with databases
• Excellent communication skills
• Interest in solving large scale data problems in a real world scenario
• Passion for community, sustainability, and/or transportation

What the job involves

• 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
• 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
• 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!

Benefits

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• Mental health benefits
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
• Family building benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program