Lightspeed is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join their Services organization, focusing on foundational services across the Lightspeed product portfolio. The role involves working on the Development team, contributing to the development and maintenance of various features within the products the team owns.
The Senior Software Developer will make valuable contributions to the overall codebase for new features or resolving bugs and help improve the architecture. They will also take an active role in various production operations, including on-call rotations.
Responsibilities:
Deliver on sprint commitments through development of features & bugs across various services.
Participate in development planning, retrospectives and demos.
Help decompose high-level requirements into development tasks.
Keep the team informed regarding expectations, priorities, release status and project schedules.
Lead effort estimation for sprint and product roadmap deliverables.
Initiate and contribute to continuous improvement of our software delivery processes and practices.
Identify and encourage areas for growth, education and career development for your team.
Participate in finding top talent for your team and the organization.
Provide technical and process guidance to your team.
Participate in code reviews in order to teach and enforce high standards of code quality.
Support the tools and products that the team delivers.
Requirements:
Strong software engineering and computer science fundamentals.
Strong programming skills in either TypeScript, Go, Java, Node.js, Ruby or Rails or C#.
Experience developing scalable, reliable applications on the cloud (AWS/GCP).
Experience in various architectural paradigms in distributed systems such as event-driven services.
Experience leading initiatives and feature work from design to production deployment.
Strong sense of ownership and self-improvement, with a growth mindset.
Lightspeed offers:
Lightspeed equity scheme.
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 counselling & coaching services.
Lightspeed Commerce is a one-stop commerce platform powering businesses worldwide. Founded in Montreal in 2005, Lightspeed provides cloud-based solutions that unify online and physical operations, multichannel sales, and global payments. Serving retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries, Lightspeed's platform facilitates seamless expansion, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks. Committed to innovation and exceptional customer experiences, Lightspeed simplifies and scales merchants' operations through its comprehensive commerce solutions. With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, Lightspeed trades on the NYSE and TSX.