Senior Infrastructure Network Engineer – Kubernetes,Cloud & Service Mesh Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,IT/Tech

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.

Lyft’s Infrastructure teams are responsible for building the foundational systems that engineers rely on in order to build stable, scalable, and efficient services. We build standardized infrastructure that helps software developers move fast, while still providing them with the flexibility they need to innovate within their teams. We are looking for experienced leaders to guide these teams as they create an exceptional development experience for all of Lyft.

These are high leverage roles, as your work will have a multiplicative effect across Engineering, and contribute directly to Lyft’s overall stability.

We’re looking for aSenior Infrastructure Network Engineerto join our Infrastructure team and play a pivotal role in designing, scaling, and evolving the systems that power Lyft’s entire engineering platform.

As a senior-level engineer, you will solve deeply complex infrastructure challenges, and deliver solutions that are reliable, scalable, and secure. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on impact, collaboration, and working at scale.

You’ll partner with teams across Lyft to ensure our foundational network infrastructure supports high performance, reliability, and developer velocity.

Responsibilities:

Design, implement, and maintain Lyft’sservice mesh and edge routingusing

Envoy Proxyand Kubernetes on AWS, ensuring secure and reliable service-to-service communication

Scale and operate Lyft’sKubernetes networking stack, including

Ingress controllers, CNI plugins, andservice discovery, to support high-availability microservices

Develop and optimizeload balancing algorithms and traffic policiesacrosscontrol and data planesto improve latency, resiliency, and cost efficiency

Build and maintainobservability infrastructure(e.g.,Prometheus, Open Telemetry, Grafana, Datadog) to enable real-time visibility and incident response

Lead incident investigation and resolution forproduction network issues, debugging across layers including

Kubernetes, VPC networking, service mesh, andL4/L7 traffic flow

Experience:

Bachelor’s degreein Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

5+ years of hands-on experienceoperating

Kubernetes in productionand working incloud environmentssuch asAWSorGCP

Proficiency in Python and/or Go (Golang) preferred; experience working with service-oriented architecture and writing clean, efficient, and testable code

Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, and experienced in automating deployments in large-scale environments

Strong background in Linux systems, networking, DNS, load balancing, and protocols such asHTTP, HTTPS, and gRPC

Proven experience designing or operatingdistributed network management systems, includingservice mesh or service proxies(e.g.,Envoy, Istio, NGINX, Cilium)

Deep understanding ofAWS networking concepts, including

VPCs, subnets, NAT gateways, NLBs, andsecurity groups

Demonstrated ability todebug complex, multi-layer infrastructure issuesand leadincident responseacross highly available, large-scale systems

Benefits:

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 to help save for your future

In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service

Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.

Subsidized commuter benefits

Lyft is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging. Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment…


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