Principal Software Developer

Lightspeed Commerce; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 210,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Toronto is seeking a Principal Software Developer to guide the architecture and design of critical systems for their flagship product. You will be responsible for ensuring scalable solutions, mentoring engineers, and improving development practices. Suitable candidates should have significant software development experience, technical leadership history, and diverse technology stack knowledge. The role offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including equity and remote work options.

Benefits

Equity scheme

Flexible paid time off

Health insurance

Pension plan contributions

Health and wellness benefit

Paid parental leave

Mental health support

Training opportunities

Fully stocked kitchen

Happy hours

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional experience in software development.
• 5+ years as a technical leader for multiple teams.
• 2+ years managing architecture across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure well-designed and scalable systems.
• Analyze and improve existing architectures.
• Drive improvements in system reliability and performance.

Skills

Software development

Technical leadership

Cloud technologies

Communication skills

Architecture design

Tools

Go

PHP

Java

RoR

Python

Job description

Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

As a hands-on Principal Software Developer, you’ll guide design and architecture of the critical system components of the flagship Lightspeed Retail product used by thousands of merchants around the world. You will personally contribute to the key parts of the systems to deliver innovative solutions that meet customer needs. You will uplevel engineering craft across the organization, by providing technical guidance, promoting best practices, mentoring fellow engineers, while empowering the teams to build towards a sustainable architecture.

What you'll be responsible for

• Ensuring that systems built to support new initiatives are well designed and scalable.
• Analyzing existing systems and infrastructure landscape, identifying opportunities to improve architecture, reduce duplication, make systems more performant and robust.
• Identifying key recurring patterns leading to incidents and non-project overhead, and coming up with a plan to address those
• Driving improvements in our systems reliability and performance.
• Improving development practices, from design reviews, to testing and deployment, and to incident management
• You conduct architectural deep-dives and mentor key members across all services teams.
• As a senior member of the engineering team, you will also play a key in developing a high-performance culture in the Retail organization.
• Contributing as part of the wider team to achieve organizational objectives even if this means doing things that aren’t strictly within the scope of your role.

What you’ll be bringing to the team

• 15+ years of professional experience in software development
• 5+ years of experience as a technical leader for multiple teams
• 2+ years of experience in managing architecture across multiple teams with more than 35+ engineers.
• History of developing business critical systems at scale, to run on the cloud.
• History of delivering key outcomes for the business, under challenging timelines.
• Experience in more than one technology stack such as Go, PHP, Java, RoR, Python, etc.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey ideas concisely.
• Ability to moderate technical conversations, handle diverse opinions, and make quick decisions.

Even better if you have, but not necessary

• Expertise in distributed systems and building multi-region systems for the cloud
• Ability to lead and guide a team of engineers while contributing alongside them
• Retail or Ecommerce domain experience
• Experience with people management responsibilities

Who you are

• You have a passion for software development and a customer-focused mindset
• You are a team player who can work with, and help grow, other developers
• You understand the need for constant improvement, self-growth, and accountability
• You step up to lead features, solve problems, and research new technologies
• You set ambitious goals, and act with a sense of urgency and focus

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!

What’s in it for you:

• Join a growing team and help us move to the next level
• Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
• Constant development of both your skill-set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities
• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture
• Innovation time to explore and learn at work
• Shaping the company by joining cultural & technical committees
• Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
• Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
• Opportunity to learn, expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story

… and enjoy a range of benefits that will keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry.

• Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners).
• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies.
• Health insurance.
• Contributions to your pension plan - RRSP.
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year.
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents.
• Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services.
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Fully stacked kitchen (hot and cold beverages, meals served)
• Happy hours to build your relationships with colleagues after work

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 $210,000 - $235,000 CAD. 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. Please note that this compensation information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within Ontario and reflects the amount Lightspeed is willing to pay at the time of this posting. This role represents an existing vacancy at Lightspeed. Lightspeed uses artificial intelligence–enabled tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment process; all hiring decisions are made by our recruiting and hiring teams.

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed tocreating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes andencourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations areavailable on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of thelection process.

Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here .