Staff Software Developer

Lightspeed Commerce; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic tech company in Montreal seeks a Staff Software Developer to enhance cloud-based POS solutions. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of Ruby and Java experience, strong AWS knowledge, and a collaborative spirit. This position offers autonomy, growth opportunities, and a chance to work with cutting-edge technologies in an inclusive environment.

Benefits

Flexible work culture

Equity for employees

Growth opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience developing and shipping production-grade Ruby and Java systems.
• 5+ years experience developing within AWS or similar Cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience creating unit and integration tests for complex systems.
• Fluency in English required.

Responsibilities

• Creating, extending, and maintaining critical systems.
• Developing clean and highly maintainable code.
• Engaging with stakeholders to define pragmatic solutions.

Skills

Ruby development

Java development

AWS

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Empathy

Code reviews

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a new Staff Software Developer to join our high-performing software development team and help cultivate an inclusive environment where the team can do their best work. You will collaborate on enhancing one of our cloud-based point-of-sale products. You will support Lightspeed's Hospitality product group on the mission to expand our reach into new markets and countries while enhancing our Cloud POS. You will join our global team of developers to use cutting edge technologies to help restaurant owners provide the best experience to their customers. At Lightspeed, we are dedicated to bringing cities and communities to life by powering SMBs. Come and help us build our communities!

If you’re a technical leader with hands-on experience, a track record of mentoring, and a reputation for delivering great software, you might be a perfect fit. We’re looking for someone who enjoys problem-solving, pragmatism, and collaboration to build products that solve real-world problems globally. Your hands-on approach and curiosity will help drive the team’s success. Smooth communication and collaboration with Product, Development, and SRE teams worldwide will be key to the team's success. If you’re inspired by technical challenges, solutions that impact thousands of customers daily, and striving for excellence within an international team, we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Creating, extending, and maintaining critical systems across a number of products in collaboration with the existing team
• Developing clean and highly maintainable code
• Engaging with Product Managers, Architects, Developers, and other stakeholders to define unambiguous, pragmatic solutions
• Engaging during incidents with a sense of responsibility to our customers and your team

What you’ll be bringing to the team

• 5+ years experience developing and shipping production-grade Ruby and Java systems
• 5+ years experience developing within AWS or similar Cloud environments
• Solid understanding of computer systems and service architectures
• Empathy to view situations from our customers’ perspectives
• Strong desire to collaborate with other developers, through pairing, code reviews, whiteboard sessions, etc
• A strong sense of ownership of all aspects throughout the SDLC and beyond
• Ability to analyze production environments, incidents and performance characteristics to drive remediation, both with your team and with collaboration of stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience creating unit and integration tests for complex systems
• Eagerness to improve existing systems and plan new ones, pragmatically
• Fluency in English as a working language is required for this position

Even better if you have, but not necessary

• Experience with eventual consistency and distributed client models
• Experience in microservice architectures
• Experience working in an Agile development environment
• Experience with container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, etc)
• Experience with real-time messaging systems (Pub/Sub, Kafka, etc)
• Experience with both relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) datastores (Dynamo, Redis, Firestore)

Who you are

• You are a team-player who contributes to discussions and shares experiences to help teams create the best solutions
• You are self-motivated with the ability to function effectively in a team environment with minimum supervision
• You are always seeking improvement and progress
• You are eager to make decisions and not afraid of making mistakes or asking for help and input from others

What is in for you

• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and possibility of remote work
• Development of very high traffic products used at global scale
• Exposure to modern and proven technology
• Opportunity to learn and expand your skill set
• Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
• Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
• Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
• Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family

Equal opportunity and notices

Lightspeed is an 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 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.