Staff Software Developer

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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!

We are looking for a new Staff Software Developer to join our high-performing software development team and help cultivate an inclusive environment where the team can do their best work. You will collaborate on enhancing one of our cloud-based point-of-sale products.

You will be supporting Lightspeed's Hospitality product group on the mission to expand our reach into new markets and countries while enhancing our Cloud POS. You will join our global team of developers to use cutting edge technologies to help restaurant owners to provide the best experience to their customers. At Lightspeed, we are dedicated to bringing cities and communities to life by powering SMBs. Come and help us build our communities!

If you’re a technical leader with hands-on experience, a track record of mentoring, and a reputation for delivering great software, you might be a perfect fit. We’re looking for someone who enjoys problem-solving, pragmatism, and collaboration to build products that solve real-world problems globally. Your hands-on approach and curiosity will help drive the team’s success.

Smooth communication and collaboration with Product, Development, and SRE teams worldwide will be key to the team's success. If you’re inspired by technical challenges, solutions that impact thousands of customers daily, and striving for excellence within an international team, we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Creating, extending, and maintaining critical systems across a number of products in collaboration with the existing team


• Developing clean and highly maintainable code


• Engaging with our Product Managers, Architects, Developers, and other stakeholders to define unambiguous, pragmatic solutions


• Engaging during incidents with a sense of responsibility to our customers and your team

What you’ll be bringing to the team

• 5+ years experience developing and shipping production-grade Ruby and Java systems


• 5+ years experience developing within AWS or similar Cloud environments


• Solid understanding of computer systems and service architectures


• Empathy to view situations from our customers perspectives


• Strong desire to collaborate with other developers, be that pairing, code reviews, whiteboard sessions, etc


• A strong sense of ownership of all aspects throughout the SDLC and beyond


• Ability to analyze production environments, incidents and performance characteristics to drive remediation, both with your team and with collaboration of stakeholders


• Demonstrated experience creating unit and integration tests for complex systems


• Eagerness to improve existing systems and plan new ones, pragmatically

Even better if you have, but not necessary

• Experience with eventual consistency and distributed client models


• Experience in microservice architectures


• Experience working in an Agile development environment


• Experience with container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, etc)


• Experience with real time messaging systems (Pub/Sub, Kafka, etc)


• Experience with both relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) datastores (Dynamo, Redis, Firestore)


• A keen interest in API design


• Computer Sciences degree or equivalent

Who you are

• You are a team-player who likes to contribute to discussions and share your own experiences knowing that teams create the best solutions, not lone individuals


• You are self-motivated with the ability to function effectively in a team environment with minimum supervision


• You are always seeking improvement and progress


• You are eager to make decisions and not afraid of making mistakes or asking for help and input from others

What is in for you

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


• Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale


• 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 diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family

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 to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection 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-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution 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.

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