Job description
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Are you looking to join a product-driven company where your code directly impacts millions of users? Whether you’re actively job hunting or just browsing the market, this might be the role for you.
We’re hiring a Senior iOS Developer to help modernise and shape the future of our Retail Point-of-Sale (POS) applications. You’ll join a collaborative team focused on tackling real engineering challenges, revitalising legacy systems, and helping merchants around the world run and grow their businesses.
What you’ll be doing:
- Own and modernise large parts of our mature iOS codebase.
- Refactor and evolve core systems using Swift, Objective-C, UIKit, and Core Data.
- Reduce technical debt and introduce scalable architecture patterns.
- Lead technical efforts in reducing the Objective-C footprint.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, and designers to build customer-facing features.
- Contribute to code reviews and promote best engineering practices.
- Work on-site in Montreal when needed for access to specialised hardware (e.g. payment terminals, scanners).
Feel free to take a look at our Tech Stack here.
What you need to bring:
Must-Have Technical Skills:
- Production experience with Swift and Objective-C.
- Strong knowledge of UIKit, Core Data, Fastlane, and REST APIs.
- Solid grasp of iOS SDK, object-oriented design, and refactoring techniques.
Nice-to-Haves:
- Experience with SwiftUI, Combine, GraphQL, or CI/CD.
- Background in payments, financial services, or high-traffic applications.
- Interest in API design and developing a polished UI/UX.
Professional Strengths:
- Comfortable working with legacy codebases and modernising them.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and code review capabilities.
- Able to work independently and move quickly while maintaining quality.
- Experience collaborating across teams in an agile environment.
What’s in it for you:
Come live the Lightspeed experience…
- Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture.
- Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs every day.
- Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.
- Development of very high-traffic products, used at a global scale.
- Exposure to modern and proven technology.
- Opportunity to learn and expand your skill set.
- Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family
… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:
- Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
- Flexible 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
- LinkedIn Learning License
- Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
- Flexible working policy (remote or hybrid) and unlimited paid time off (yes, you read that right!)
- Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services
- ​​Health and wellness benefits
- LinkedIn Learning license (learning is always ongoing)
- Volunteer day to be able to give back to society!
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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