Staff Software Developer

Job Description

Lightspeed is seeking a Staff Software Developer to join its software development team in Calgary. The successful candidate will collaborate on enhancing cloud-based point-of-sale products, supporting Lightspeed's Hospitality product group's mission to expand into new markets and countries. They will work with a global team of developers, using cutting-edge technologies to help restaurant owners provide the best experience to their customers.

Responsibilities:

• 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 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

Requirements:

• 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

Lightspeed offers:

• 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