Senior 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 to join our team.

Services organization at Lightspeed focuses on providing foundational services that provide core offerings across the Lightspeed product portfolio. In addition to a catered solution for our Golf merchants, Services org owns Financial Services (Payments, Capital), Scheduling Services, and Technical Services (Auth, Merchant Data).

As a Senior Developer in a development team within the Services org, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of various features within the products your team owns. You will make valuable contributions to the overall codebase for new features or resolving bugs, help improve the architecture and other related activities. As a Senior Engineer, you are expected to bring strong technical expertise, help the team accomplish their goals, help evolve the team’s process and tooling, etc. You will take an active role in various production operations, including on-call rotations.

Most important of all, you’ll work with experts within a growing department providing foundational services to various products at Lightspeed & critical to its success. Note that we are looking for hire for multiple positions across different teams within Services at Lightspeed.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Deliver on the 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 and work items for delegation;
• 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;

What you’ll be bringing to the team:

• Strong software engineering and computer science fundamentals.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, Java or C#.
• Our current tech stack is Ruby, Typescript, Java and the actual language used depends on the team you will join/of your interest.
• Experience developing scalable, reliable applications on the cloud (we use 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 mindsetl;

Who you are:

• You have a passion for software development and a customer-focused mindset.
• You are a team player always working towards the overall team’s success.
• 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.
• Work on high-traffic products used at a global scale providing critical services for our merchants.
• 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.
• Opportunities to learn and expand your skill set.
• Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed organization.

… 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 counselling & coaching services
• Volunteer day

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