Manager, Site Reliability Engineering

Lightspeed Commerce; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Equity options

Pension plan and match

Training opportunities

Health and wellness credit

Volunteer time off

Macbook purchase program

Enhanced parental leave

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Lightspeed Commerce is seeking a Manager, Site Reliability Engineering in Canada to lead two teams of platform engineers focusing on reliability, scalability, and developer experience. You will drive people management, roadmap development, and cross-department collaboration to ensure optimal performance of Lightspeed's cloud-based POS SaaS platform.

You will mentor senior engineers, champion automation, and guide strategic initiatives that improve production stability while supporting career

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multiple cross-functional cloud platform teams.
• Track record delivering reliable, scalable production systems.
• Experience driving improvements to developer experience and platform reliability.

Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor senior teams of cloud platform engineers.
• Lead performance management, goals, and development plans for team members.
• Define and manage the SRE roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Lead infrastructure design for scalable, reliable cloud-based SaaS platform.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and other departments to align on platform goals.

Skills

Team leadership

Cloud infrastructure

SRE practices

Developer experience

Tools

AWS

GCP

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

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 Manager, Site Reliability Engineering to lead 2 teams of 4-6 platform engineers with a wide scope spanning across Site Reliability and Developer Experience. The platform covers the full cycle of software delivery, from CI/CD pipelines to high-availability, scalable production environments.

This role is pivotal in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and optimal performance of our global cloud-based POS SaaS platform, which is critical to our customers' success. This position is also responsible for driving innovative engineering solutions to improve the developer experience and for managing cross-department stakeholders.

Please note this role is based in Canada.

What you’ll be doing:

• Coach, mentor, guide, and motivate a senior team of cross-functional cloud platform engineers
• Drive all cyclical people management activities, including performance management, goal setting, and individual development plans
• Foster a positive work environment that encourages teamwork, creativity, innovation and high performance

Strategic Planning and Roadmap Development

• Develop and execute a strategic vision for the SRE team, aligning them with the company's objectives and goals.
• Understand business units roadmaps and interaction across the business.
• Help define team’s vision, rationalize and prioritize projects with the emphasis on improving developer experience, production stability and scalability.
• Build and project manage the team’s roadmap, establish the processes to execute on it, and keep the team on track.

Infrastructure and Automation

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, reliable, and efficient infrastructure solutions for our global cloud-based POS SaaS platform, leveraging modern cloud technologies and principles.
• Drive automation efforts to streamline deployment, monitoring, and operational processes, enhancing the efficiency of our systems.

Collaboration and Communication

• Work closely with engineering, product, and SRE teams from other departments to facilitate effective collaboration and alignment on platform goals and initiatives
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to provide updates, gather requirements, and address concerns, ensuring transparency and fostering trust.

Please note that you may be required to take part in our On-Call rotation roster.

What you need to bring:

• Proven experience working autonomously on projects across multiple streams of work.
• A track record of successful project delivery through high-performing teams.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with cloud infrastructure providers such as AWS and GCP.
• Proven expertise in orchestrating and managing infrastructure through code, streamlining operations and promoting automation.
• Experience across engineering and leadership roles.
• Ability to lead large teams across complex projects, and shape the strategic and technical direction of the platform engineering team.
• Ability to provide strategic direction and set long-term team objectives.
• Proven experience implementing improvements to processes that span across the boundaries of your own teams.
• Led medium to large-sized teams of platform engineers.

A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work

A culture that celebrates performance

The chance to make an impact in a team that’s big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard

Career-defining opportunities

Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies
• Equity options, because this is your company too
• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best
• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
• Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams
• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook
• Enhanced parental leave to support growing families
• Fuel your growth. Find your people.

At Lightspeed, your growth is our priority. We invest in you with continuous learning opportunities, global mobility and benefits designed to support you—all within a driven, diverse and inclusive team that’s passionate about empowering our communities

Please note that we ask applicants to disclose any criminal convictions, and we conduct criminal record checks as part of our hiring process for this role.

At Lightspeed, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your skill set, qualifications, experience, and market data. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We reasonably expect the total compensation for this position to be in the range of $150,000 TO $185,000CAD. Lightspeed also provides a variety of employee benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, wellness, life and disability insurance, RRSP plan and match, paid parental leave top-up, and paid time off.

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.

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.