Job description
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We are looking for a highly experienced Staff Full Stack Engineer with deep expertise in React, micro frontends, and design systems, as well as a strong command of backend technologies like Node.js, Java, and Go/Golang. In this role, you will be a key technical leader, responsible for driving the architecture, development, and maintenance of our most complex web applications. Your work will have a broad impact, influencing multiple teams and shaping the technical direction of the engineering department. If you are a principal-level engineer with a passion for solving large-scale technical challenges and a track record of building and scaling high-quality software, we want to hear from you!
You’ll be part of the B2B area of Lightspeed, working on a team of full stack engineers focused on modernizing the core part of the NuORDER platform. As a Staff Engineer, you might also invest some of your time in cross-team initiatives, mentoring and leading other engineers in complex technical solutions.
For this role, you should be located in Canada and able to work within EST/EDT hours. We offer a choice of fully remote, partially remote, or fully office-based work environments (in cities with local offices).
What you’ll be doing:
- Lead the architectural design and implementation of large-scale, complex features and systems across multiple teams, with a focus on micro frontend architecture and shared components.
- Develop and maintain critical web applications using React, ensuring the highest standards of performance, reliability, and user experience.
- Drive the creation and adoption of our company-wide design system, ensuring consistency and efficiency across all our products.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineering leadership to define technical roadmaps and strategy.
- Act as a technical expert and mentor for multiple teams, providing guidance and performing meaningful code reviews to ensure code quality, efficiency, and maintainability.
- Work with your team and other teams to integrate our web applications with third-party services and APIs.
- Drive the adoption of best practices, new technologies, and a culture of technical excellence across the organization.
- Take full ownership of your work, from initial concept and design through deployment and long-term maintenance.
What you need to bring:
- 8+ years of experience as a full stack developer, with a proven track record of leading significant technical frontend projects.
- Deep proficiency with React and the frontend ecosystem, including a strong understanding of micro frontend architecture and its implementation.
- Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining a design system or component library.
- Strong proficiency with backend technologies like Node.js, Java, and Go/Golang.
- Expertise in document-based and relational databases, including schema design, query optimization, and data migration.
- Extensive experience with containerization and orchestration technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.
- Deep knowledge of cloud services such as GCP, Azure, or AWS, including a strong understanding of cost optimization and security best practices.
- Experience with serverless computing and microservices architecture.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- An extreme ownership mentality and a passion for solving complex, ambiguous problems.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a focus on long-term maintainability.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, with a track record of influencing and mentoring other engineers.
- Proven experience with agile development methodologies and leading technical discussions.
- A strong understanding of software development principles, design patterns, and best practices, with the ability to apply them at a strategic level.
What’s in it for you:
- Join a growing team and help us move to the next level.
- Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders.
- Constant development of both your skill-set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities.
- Lots of autonomy and 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.
- …. And enjoy a range of benefits that will keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry.
- 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.
We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role… hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!
What’s in it for you:
- Join a growing team and help us move to the next level
- Amazing benefits & perks, including 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
…. And enjoy a range of benefits that will keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry.
- 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
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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