Software Development Manager

Lightspeed Financial Services is looking for a Software Development Manager in North America to grow and lead our technical team within the Financial Services organization.

Reporting to the Director of Financial Services Foundations, you will lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing software development team and cultivate an inclusive, inspiring working culture. Under your guidance, developers will deliver Financial Services products and services that are mission‑critical to Lightspeed’s long‑term vision and growth.

We are looking for a leader with a solid, demonstrable technical background who can earn the respect of developers. You will have a proven track record of supporting, mentoring, leading, and growing a development team and delivering high‑scale cloud‑based software systems. You will enjoy problem‑solving and removing blockers, and have experience collaborating with Product teams and customer stakeholders. You will be an effective and clear communicator able to direction‑set and track team delivery in a distributed, fast‑moving, and rapidly‑changing agile environment.

Location: This role requires you to be located in Canada and work within EST/EDT hours. We offer a choice of fully remote, partially remote, or fully office‑based work environments (in cities with local offices).

Responsibilities

Guiding, motivating and growing a team of software developers as they solve complex problems in the Financial Services domain

Directly and indirectly managing a team through collaboration with, and mentorship of a Technical Lead Staff Engineer

Working closely with architects, Product teams, engineering leadership and stakeholders to align on team priorities and roadmaps

Identifying, communicating and removing impediments and risks to delivery, within the team and across Financial Services as a whole

Planning and furthering the professional growth of individual team members, including 1-1s, performance reviews, ongoing feedback, goal-setting and promotions

Reporting up to engineering leadership and stakeholders on team progress and status

Finding and hiring top talent for your team and the wider organization

Providing technical and process guidance to the team during delivery

Qualifications

Experience leading a team of developers through successful delivery of software products

Experience delivering microservice-driven, scalable, cloud-based applications

Strong working knowledge of Java or TypeScript or Ruby or Python

Professional experience in agile development and continuous delivery best practices

Strong written and verbal English communication skills

Ability to personally coach, mentor and drive individuals and overall teams

Strong passion for continuous learning and improvement

A quality-driven mindset with a focus on software scalability and resilience

Desirable Skills

Experience in the Payments domain

Experience in building scalable SaaS solutions

Experience in full-stack web application development

Solid knowledge of cloud services (AWS and GCP in particular)

Project Management or Scrum master experience, or formal training

Experience in test automation and/or DevOps engineering

Ideal Candidate

A leader with strong people skills who can manage and represent your team

A teacher and mentor helping individuals to grow and reach their full potential

A communicator who can clearly convey requirements, best practices and status updates to both technical and non-technical audiences

A problem‑solver who embraces tackling complexity and removing roadblocks

A decisive decision‑maker who can handle change and ambiguity

Benefits

Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and possibility of remote work

Opportunity to help shape the future of a new Product from technical, process and organizational perspectives

Development of global products

Exposure to modern and proven technology

Opportunity to learn and expand your skill set

Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles

Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders

Opportunity to join a fast‑paced, high‑growth company

Become a valued part of the divers