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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!

Lightspeed is growing at a fast pace and we’re looking for a passionate Development Team Lead to help us lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing software development team and cultivate an inclusive environment that inspires the team to do their best work. Under your guidance, the team will take on the critical mission of supporting and enhancing our B2B product and integrations with other Lightspeed products.

If you’re a leader with a solid technical background, have a proven track record of supporting, mentoring, and leading a team, along with a reputation for delivering great software, then you might be a perfect fit. If you enjoy problem-solving mixed with pragmatism and collaboration to develop products that solve real-world problems for customers around the globe, then you’re what we’re looking for.

The smooth communication and collaboration with fellow product, development and SRE team members will be an integral to the success of the team. If you are inspired by interesting technical challenges, working on solutions that really matter and strive for excellence within our team, then we would love to hear from you.

Primary responsibilities

• Lead the way developing performant, scalable and maintainable microservices
• Be a trusted, approachable and empathetic leader and partner of a development team of 4-5 members
• Work closely with the team’s product manager to plan and refine the team’s roadmap and stories, as well as technical tasks
• Work closely with other teams, architects, product managers and the engineering leaders to align on approach and priorities
• Collaborate with Quality team to ensure effective test automation
• Guide, motivate, and grow your team of skilled software developers as they solve complex business problems
• Initiate and contribute to continuous improvement of our software delivery processes and practices
• 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
• Be willing to get hands-on with coding solutions as required

Requirements

• Experience leading a team of developers through successful software projects
• Advanced skills in Go, Node.js, Typescript, React and/or other similar languages/frameworks - full-stack familiarity is a strong plus
• Professional experience with, and solid knowledge of, SQL databases - NoSQL databases such as MongoDB would be a bonus
• Ability to collaborate closely with stakeholders across different teams and disciplines
• Familiarity with microservices and event driven architectures
• Solid understanding of Agile development and continuous delivery best practices
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Ability to provide coaching, mentoring and context to team members
• Strong understanding of effective testing strategies and the right level of test automation

Nice To Have

• Experience building scalable SaaS solutions
• Knowledge of major cloud services such as GCP or AWS

What's in it for you?

• Autonomy for team to make architectural and development best practice decisions
• Join a fast-paced, high-growth company.
• Work on systems that handle billions of dollars in transactions for our merchants globally.
• 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.
• Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale.
• Opportunities to learn and expand your skill set
• Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family.

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 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.

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.

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.

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