Business Systems Engineer Intern, Lyft
Finance Technology, Summer 2027
CAD $40 - CAD $43 per hour
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3+ days a week in office
Ride sharing company
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Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CAD $40 - CAD $43 per hour
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree at a university in Canada (required) in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field, 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 Toronto
- Working knowledge of Python for scripting, data manipulation, or automation
- Proficiency in SQL for querying and analyzing data
- Experience with or strong interest in Workato or similar integration platforms
- Proficiency with AI frameworks such as LangChain, Workato AI
- Experience with automation tools such as Jira automation, Python scripting
- Basic understanding of financial financial reporting
- Proficiency in Excel and Google Workspace
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical partners
- Self-motivated with the ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment
Desirable
- Familiarity with Procurement, Supply Chain, or FP&A processes
- Experience with business intelligence tools and building reports or dashboards
- Exposure to data engineering concepts such as data pipelines, data modeling, or ETL
- Prior internship or project experience in automation, data analysis, or business systems
What the job involves
- 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
- We are seeking a motivated, technical student to join our Corporate FinTech team as a Business Systems Engineer Intern
- This internship offers hands-on experience supporting the full suite of FinTech applications, modernizing finance and business operations through automation, integration, and AI. You'll work alongside finance, systems, and engineering partners across ERP, HCM, Procurement, Supply Chain, and FP&A to streamline processes, reduce manual work, and build scalable solutions for a public company
- Some things you'll gain and learn during this internship include:
- Hands-on experience across enterprise FinTech applications, including Oracle ERP, Oracle HCM, and Workato
- Practical exposure to applying AI and RPA to real finance and business problems
- Exposure to corporate finance, HR, procurement, supply chain, and FP&A processes at a public company
- Mentorship from experienced FinTech, automation, and technical professionals
- Understanding of how system integration and automation drive finance transformation
- Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders across Finance, HR, Procurement, IT, and Engineering
- Professional development in agile methodologies and project management
- Potential pathway to full-time opportunities within our growing FinTech organization
- Support FinTech applications and processes across Procurement, Supply Chain, and FP&A, including Oracle ERP, Oracle HCM, Jira, and Google Workspace
- Design, build, and maintain automation workflows using Workato, Python, and related tools under the mentorship of senior team members
- Identify manual, repetitive processes across finance and business operations and help translate them into automated, well-documented solutions
- Write SQL queries to extract, transform, and validate data across source systems
- Support data validation and reconciliation processes to ensure accuracy across integrations, reports, and applications
- Explore and prototype AI-powered solutions using tools such as LangChain, Workato AI, and UiPath
- Configure and maintain Jira automation rules to support intake, tracking, and delivery of FinTech projects
- Assist in building reports and dashboards that give stakeholders visibility into financial and operational data
- Participate in testing of new automations, integrations, configuration changes, and system updates
- Learn to gather business requirements from stakeholders and translate them into functional technical solutions
- Provide first-level end-user support and troubleshooting across FinTech applications and automated workflows
- Participate in stakeholder meetings, process mapping sessions, and training
Our take
Lyft has aimed for consistent growth, making sure to pitch itself as a more reliable and friendly ride-sharing option than its main competitor, Uber. Uber has a greater market share and operates globally, but Lyft hopes to compete by its focus on ride-sharing over Uber's more diversified business approach and as a more rider-friendly and greener alternative to Uber.
Operating only in the USA and Canada, Lyft is in a position of being less affected by global events than Uber but also more vulnerable to local conditions. As an example, while it doesn't face the regulatory hurdles around employment rights that Uber does, it is unable to balance out the cost of the unusually expensive US auto insurance across its operations.
In 2022, Lyft acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a bike-share equipment and technology supplier, allowing Lyft to compete in new verticals and reaffirming its commitment to green transportation. It has also trialled and launched Lyft Assisted, where drivers help passengers from their door into the car to get to medical appointments. These developments chime well with Lyft's unique selling point as a friendlier and more environmentally aware ride-sharing app, whilst the acquisition of European competitor Freenow could add 6 million new riders to its platform in 2026.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Jun 2018
$600m
LATE VC
Mar 2018
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $4.9bn
Company 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
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Zimmer
(Co-Founder)Originally an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Zimmer then founded Zimride which was a private ridesharing company that pivoted into Lyft.
Logan Green
(Co-Founder)Founded Zimride, a private ridesharing company which later pivoted into Lyft.
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