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Principal Software Developer

1 month, 3 weeks ago
Canada
Full-time
Lead
Software Engineer
Software Development
Go Java PHP Python Ruby on Rails
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Lightspeed

Lightspeed

Lightspeed is a leading point of sale (POS) and commerce platform that provides independent businesses with end-to-end solutions to manage inventory, customer management, sales, and analytics across all channels. With offices worldwide, Lightspeed help...

Professional Services
1K-5K
Founded 2005
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Description

  • Ensure systems built for new initiatives are well designed, scalable, and maintainable.
  • Analyze existing systems and infrastructure to identify architectural improvements, reduce duplication, and increase performance and robustness.
  • Identify recurring patterns that lead to incidents or operational overhead and develop remediation plans.
  • Drive improvements in system reliability and performance, including incident management practices.
  • Improve development practices across design reviews, testing, deployment, and incident response.
  • Conduct architectural deep-dives and provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers across services teams.
  • Promote best practices and uplevel engineering craft to empower teams to build toward a sustainable architecture.
  • Contribute to organizational objectives beyond strict role boundaries and help develop a high-performance engineering culture in the Retail organization.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of professional software development experience.
  • 5+ years of experience as a technical leader responsible for multiple teams.
  • 2+ years managing architecture across multiple teams totaling 35+ engineers.
  • Proven history of developing business-critical systems at scale and running services on the cloud.
  • Track record of delivering key business outcomes under challenging timelines.
  • Experience with more than one technology stack (examples: Go, PHP, Java, Ruby on Rails, Python).
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and ability to convey ideas concisely.
  • Ability to moderate technical conversations, handle diverse opinions, and make timely decisions.
  • Located in Canada and able to work within EST/EDT hours (remote, hybrid, or office-based options available).
  • (Nice to have) Expertise in distributed systems and multi-region cloud architectures, domain-driven design, retail/ecommerce domain experience, and prior people management responsibilities.

Benefits

  • Total compensation for Ontario hires reasonably expected to be in the range of $210,000 - $235,000 CAD.
  • Equity for employees via Lightspeed equity scheme.
  • Flexible paid time off and remote work policies with a flexible work culture and autonomy.
  • Health insurance and contributions to RRSP (pension plan).
  • Health and wellness benefit of $500 CAD per year and access to mental health platform, counseling, and coaching services.
  • Paid parental leave and assistance for new parents.
  • Training and development opportunities, innovation time, and volunteer day.
  • Onsite perks where available: fully stocked kitchen, company happy hours, and opportunities to join cultural and technical committees.

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