Staff Software Developer

2 months ago


Montreal, Canada Lightspeed Full time

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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place to join our team.

Services organization at Lightspeed focuses on providing foundational services that provide core offerings across the Lightspeed product portfolio. In addition to a catered solution for our Golf merchants, Services org owns Financial Services (Payments, Capital), Scheduling Services, and Technical Services (Auth, Merchant Data).

As a Staff Software Developer, you will bring technical leadership to your team & overall Services organization. With strong technical expertise in building scalable & resilient systems & a passion for mentoring others, you will take an active role in leading your team to successfully land key initiatives. You will also help evolve the team processes in all facets of development - idea to delivery, production operations, etc.

Most important of all, you’ll work alongside a team of experts within a growing department providing foundational services to various products at Lightspeed & critical to its success. Note that we are looking for hire for multiple positions across different teams within Services at Lightspeed.

What you'll be responsible for

  • Lead others in your team & contribute towards enabling timely delivery of key initiatives on the roadmap, with minimal supervision
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, Operations & other functions/teams to align the relevant stakeholders
  • Decomposing high level requirements into development tasks and work items for delegation
  • Evolving the technical architecture for the systems your team owns.
  • Partnering with other technical leaders across the organization to evolve the overall technical ecosystem
  • Bringing a strong commitment to engineering excellence spanning areas like code quality, observability and production operations among others
  • Initiating and contributing to continuous improvement of our software delivery processes and practices
  • Mentoring your team members and identifying and encouraging areas of growth and career development
  • Participating in finding top talent for your team and the organization

What you’ll be bringing to the team

  • Expertise in engineering and computer science fundamentals
  • Expertise and well formed opinions on developing and maintaining distributed systems at scale
  • Experience developing scalable, reliable applications on the cloud (we use AWS/GCP).
  • Expert programming skills in TypeScript, Java or C#.
  • Our current tech stack is Ruby, Typescript, Java and the actual language used depends on the team you will join/of your interest.
  • Experience leading multi-quarter, cross team initiatives and feature work from design to production deployment
  • Strong sense of ownership, willingness to take informed risks and champion a blame-free culture
  • Curiosity and a deep desire for continuous learning

Who you are

  • You have a passion for software development and a customer-focused mindset.
  • You are a team player who can work with, and help grow, other developers.
  • You understand the need for constant improvement, self-growth, and accountability.
  • You step up to solve problems for the business.
  • You set ambitious goals, and act with a sense of urgency and focus

What's in it for you?

  • Join a fast-paced, high-growth company.
  • Work on systems that handle billions of dollars in transactions for our merchants globally.
  • Surround yourself with strong talent and enjoy continuous professional growth.
  • Develop in a modern and proven technology stack.
  • Great benefits and perks, including equity and flexible/hybrid remote work options, in a diverse and inclusive environment.
  • Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale.
  • Opportunities to learn and expand your skill set
  • Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

  • Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners)
  • Flexible paid time off policy
  • Health Insurance
  • Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
  • Paid leave and assistance for new parents
  • Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services
  • Volunteer day

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed tocreating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes andencourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations areavailable on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of theselection process.

Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stopcommerceplatform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloudcommercesolution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries. Lightspeed handles your information in accordance with ourApplicant Privacy Statement. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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