Principal Software Developer

Lightspeed Commerce, Inc.

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. For this role, you should be located in USA, and able to work within EST/EDT hours. We offer a choice of fully remote, partially remote or fully office-based work environments (incities with local offices).

Requirements

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.
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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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
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.

Benefits

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
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
Volunteer day.
Fully stacked kitchen (hot and cold beverages, meals served)
Happy hours to build your relationships with colleagues after work