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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’re looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our Retail POS team i n North America. Within the team, you'll build software solutions that help merchants grow the size and the profitability of their business. You'll join a product development team that believes in continuously delivering value, while following software engineering best practices and building robust, scalable solutions for our customers.
At Lightspeed, we are dedicated to bringing cities and communities to life by empowering small and medium businesses. Come help us build our communities!
What you’ll be doing :
- Collaborating with product managers, developers, designers, and other stakeholders as part of a cross-functional team to deliver product features and functionality
- Developing clean, well designed, highly maintainable services and code to create or extend functionality of our products
- Drafting, discussing & implementing technical designs that solve business problems for our customers
- Lead the ongoing maintenance and support of an existing microservice
- Extending your own skills by learning from and growing with the team
- Be part of defining the product evolution as Lightspeed evolves its offerings to merchants & consumers globally
- Helping us all celebrate our achievements and have fun together along the way!
What you’ll be bringing to the team :
You should have a solid understanding of software engineering principles and best practices, and be prepared to help your team use those principles in practice.Backend / full-stack web development - preferably in Go, React and Node.js.Experience developing, shipping and monitoring SaaS-based software in the public cloud (AWS or similar).Comfortable leading technical design discussions.Able to help make technical decisions, organise & mentor teammates to achieve common goals and to help estimate delivery effectively.A strong sense of ownership for your features throughout the SDLC and beyond.Ability to analyse production environments, incidents and performance characteristicsEagerness to improve existing features & systems and plan new ones.As a global company with employees and clients outside of Quebec, fluency in English as a working language is required for this position.Even better if you have hands-on experience with :
Continuous integration and deployment of SaaS applicationsBuilding microservices and with monolith decompositionWriting automated unit and integration testsAWS as well as Docker & KubernetesReal time messaging systems (Pub / Sub, RabbitMQ) to drive asynchronous event-driven architectureRelational (SQL) and / or NoSQL databasesInterest or experience in API-first design (REST, GraphQL)Instrumentation and metricsTechnical leadershipWhat’s in it for you?
Come live the Lightspeed experience...
Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and the option of fully remote workGenuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everydayOpportunity to make a difference; help merchants grow their businesses and become more successful by creating or improving products and addressing customer feedbackWork in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impactDevelopment of very high traffic products, used at the global scaleOpportunities to learn and expand your skill setBecome 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)Unlimited paid time off policyHealth insuranceHealth and wellness benefit of $500 per yearPaid leave and assistance for new parentsMental health online platform and counselling & coaching servicesVolunteer day#LI-SS3