Software Engineer Intern, Machine Learning (Summer 2026)

Lyft is a company focused on serving and connecting people through innovative transportation solutions. They are seeking a Software Engineer Intern to contribute to the design, build, train, and test of Machine Learning models, collaborating with various stakeholders to solve challenging problems in the machine learning domain.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, build, train and test of Machine Learning models
• Write production-level code to convert ML models into working pipelines
• Partner with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and fellow ML Engineers to frame Machine Learning problems within the business context
• Analyze experimental and observational data, communicate findings to support decisions
• Participate in code and spec reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge

Skills

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science or a related technical field from a university in Canada (required), with a graduation date between December 2026 and Summer 2027 (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 2026 for the internship in Toronto
• Good understanding and knowledge of ML libraries like scikit-learn, Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, MXNet, etc
• Strong programming skills in Python or a similar object oriented language
• Proven ability to effectively turn research ML papers into working code
• Practical knowledge of how to build efficient end-to-end ML workflows
• “Engineer at heart” with a high degree of comfort in designing software systems and producing high-quality code
• Curiosity and ability to quickly learn new concepts and technologies
• Strong problem solving mindset, resourcefulness, and willingness to figure things out independently through research or collaboratively through brainstorming
• Demonstrated oral and written interpersonal skills

Benefits

• Mental health benefits
• In addition to holidays, interns receive 2 days paid time off and 3 days sick time off
• Subsidized commuter benefits

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