Staff Software Developer

3 months ago


Ottawa, 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.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Universal Catalog team, you will be responsible for the technical evolution, development and maintenance of systems and business functionality in Lightspeed’s B2B Network. Our goal is to improve the connection between brands and retailers, aid discoverability of new brands/suppliers, and liberate retailers from manual, time-consuming workflows.

As a Staff Engineer, you are expected to bring strong technical expertise, a great understanding of distributed systems, a passion for mentoring others and experience with evolving the team’s process, tooling, etc. You will take an active role in leading various production operations, including production support. 

Most importantly, you’ll work with retail and wholesale experts in a rapidly growing department that is a big part of Lightspeed’s success. 

What you'll be responsible for

Evolving the technical architecture to help scale Universal Catalog

Collaborating closely with Product and Operations to enhance the business functionality

Partnering with other technical leaders across the Retail 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

Delivering on roadmap commitments through development of features & bugs across various services

Decomposing high level requirements into development tasks and work items for delegation

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

Supporting the tools and products that the team delivers

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

Expert programming skills in Go, TypeScript, Python, Java or C#.

Experience developing scalable, reliable applications on the cloud (we use AWS/GCP).

Experience in working with search systems (we use ElasticSearch), measuring result performance and tuning for optimal outcomes.

Comfort with working in more than one major programming language.

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. 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

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