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.
As a Test Automation Intern at Lyft, you'll collaborate closely with industry-leading engineers while enjoying the freedom to innovate from day one. Your contributions will be pivotal in accelerating our product development and enhancing user trust and satisfaction through the creation of cutting-edge test automation tools. At Lyft, we cultivate a dynamic and collaborative office environment, where brilliant minds are always eager to hear and support your next big idea. What will yours be?
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 quality of every Lyft Urban Solutions rider!
- 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 the internship in Montreal
- Strong knowledge of CS fundamentals
- Excellent communication skills
- Passion for community, sustainability, and/or transportation
- Passion for quality and testing
- Ability to thrive in a startup environment
- Contributions to open source projects
- Experience working with databases
- Experience solving real-time technology problems
- Experience with mobile development
- Experience with integration testing and test automation is a plus
- Experience with or a strong desire to learn and use cutting edge AI tooling
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to holidays, interns receive 2 days paid time off and 3 days sick time off
- Subsidized commuter benefits and Lyft ride credits
Lyft is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging. Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned record of offences, or any other basis protected by applicable law or by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Accommodation for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request in accordance with applicable law during the application and hiring process. Please contact your recruiter if you wish to make such a request.
Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office at least 3 days per week, including on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role.
The expected base pay range for this position in the Montreal area is $34-$36/hour CAD. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.
Skills Required
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science at a university in Canada
- Graduation date between December 2027 and Summer 2028
- Master’s students with prior work between degrees must have less than two years of relevant full-time experience
- Available for the Summer 2027 internship in Montreal
- Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals
- Excellent communication skills
- Passion for quality and testing
- Ability to thrive in a startup environment
- Experience with databases
- Experience solving real-time technology problems
- Experience with mobile development
- Contributions to open source projects
- Experience with integration testing and test automation
- Experience with or strong desire to learn and use AI tooling
- Ability to work in the office at least three days per week, including Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
Lyft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Lyft and has not been reviewed or approved by Lyft.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is provided for corporate employees, with added access to One Medical and mental‑health support for employees and dependents. Benefits materials also highlight wellness programs alongside these core plans.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 18 weeks is offered for biological, adoptive, and foster parents, and family‑building and fertility support are included. These provisions are consistently described as a standout element of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Salaried U.S. employees have unlimited PTO, and hourly employees receive a defined bank of paid time off plus observed holidays. Some reports also note sabbatical eligibility after tenure.
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What We Do
Lyft was founded in 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation, and is available to approximately 95 percent of the United States population as well as select cities in Canada. Lyft is committed to effecting positive change for our cities by offsetting carbon emissions from all rides, and by promoting transportation equity through shared rides, bikeshare systems, electric scooters, and public transit partnerships.
