Software Developer, Software Engineer, Backend Developer

Staff Software Developer – Retail (Canada)

We’re looking for a Staff Software Developer to join our Retail team in Canada.

Location:

Canada. Employees can work fully remote, partially remote or in office depending on local office availability. Must be based in Canada and able to work EST/EDT hours.

• Building software: coding, code reviews, bug fixes, debugging, peer programming, incident response, reverse engineering.
• Planning and architecture: estimating, collaborating with product, establishing MVP.
• Learning and teaching: chapter reviews, research, meetups, coaching and mentoring developers.
• Enabling: working on shared libraries, contributing to open source content, defining, documenting and evolving best practices.
• Avoiding pitfalls: identifying risks in delivering complex features and proposing ways to mitigate them.
• Extra contributions: collaborating across teams to achieve organizational objectives, even beyond scope.

• Staff‑level experience: proven track record as a staff engineer, handling large‑scale incidents and system failures, producing stronger architectures and runbooks.
• Systems thinking: deep proficiency in at least one relevant tech stack and systems‑level mindset for complex full‑stack architectures.
• Modern tooling: hands‑on experience with AI‑assisted coding and deployment strategies to boost efficiency without sacrificing quality.
• Communication: ability to simplify complex technical tradeoffs for stakeholders and peers, and proactively identify and communicate risks.

• Principled but pragmatic technical lead, with strong opinions that are weakly held and able to pivot when data shows a better path.
• Continuous force multiplier – solving problems and building systems, tools, and people around you.
• Owner & advocate – act with urgency and walk backwards from the customer, treating the codebase, business strategy and stakeholders as your own.
• Boundary‑spanning problem solver – naturally operate across squads; solutions become primitives, platforms or patterns.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies.
• Equity options.
• Contributions to pension plan.
• Training opportunities.
• Health and wellness credit.
• Time off to volunteer and give back to community.
• Interest groups, employee‑led networks and social committees.
• Computer purchase program for personal Mac Book.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Additional benefits… (etc.)

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.

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.