Senior Full Stack Software Developer- (Go & react

Senior Full Stack Software Developer - (Go & React)

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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by 👋. 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 Senior Software Developer to join our Retail POS team in North America. Within the team, you'll build software solutions that help merchants grow the size and profitability of their business. You'll join a product development team that believes in continuously delivering value, while following software engineering best practices and building robust, scalable solutions for our customers.

At Lightspeed, we are dedicated to bringing cities and communities to life by empowering small and medium businesses. Come help us build our communities!

• Collaborating with product managers, developers, designers, and other stakeholders as part of a cross‑functional team to deliver product features and functionality.
• Developing clean, well‑designed, highly maintainable services and code to create or extend functionality of our products.
• Drafting, discussing, and implementing technical designs that solve business problems for our customers.
• Leading the ongoing maintenance and support of an existing microservice.
• Extending your own skills by learning from and growing with the team.
• Be part of defining the product evolution as Lightspeed evolves its offerings to merchants and consumers globally.
• Helping us all celebrate our achievements and have fun together along the way.

• A solid understanding of software engineering principles and best practices, and a willingness to help your team use those principles.
• Backend/full‑stack web development experience – preferably in Go, React, and Node.js.
• Experience developing, shipping, and monitoring SaaS‑based software in the public cloud (AWS or similar).
• Comfortable leading technical design discussions.
• Able to help make technical decisions, organise and mentor teammates to achieve common goals, and help estimate delivery effectively.
• A strong sense of ownership for your features throughout the SDLC and beyond.
• Ability to analyse production environments, incidents, and performance characteristics.
• Eagerness to improve existing features and systems and plan new ones.
• As a global company with employees and clients outside of Quebec, fluency in English as a working language is required.

• Continuous integration and deployment of SaaS applications.
• Building microservices and micro‑service decomposition.
• Writing automated unit and integration tests.
• AWS as well as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Real‑time messaging systems (Pub/Sub, Rabbit
  
  MQ) to drive asynchronous event‑driven architecture.
• Relational (SQL) and/or No
  
  SQL databases.
• Interest or experience in API‑first design (REST, Graph
  
  QL).
• Instrumentation and metrics.
• Technical leadership.

• Lots of autonomy, a flexible work culture, and the option of fully remote work.
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs every day.
• Opportunity to make a difference by helping merchants grow their businesses and becoming more successful through product improvements and customer feedback.
• Work in a team that’s big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.
• Development of 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.

• Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners).
• Unlimited paid time off policy.
• Health insurance.
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year.
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents.
• Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services.
• Volunteer day.

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…