Intermediate Software Developer

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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place to join our team.

Services organization at Lightspeed focuses on providing foundational services that provide core offerings across the Lightspeed product portfolio. In addition to a catered solution for our Golf merchants, Services org owns Financial Services (Payments, Capital), Scheduling Services, and Technical Services (Auth, Merchant Data).

As a Software Developer II on a development team within Services, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of various features for your team. You will make valuable contributions to the overall codebase for new features or resolving bugs, help improve the architecture and other related activities. As a Dev II Engineer, you bring strong technical expertise, help the team accomplish their goals, help evolve the team’s processes and tooling, etc. You will also take an active role in keeping our systems up & running in production, including on-call rotations. 

Most important of all, you’ll work with experts within a growing department providing foundational services to various products at Lightspeed & critical to its success. Note that we are looking for hire for multiple positions across different teams within Services at Lightspeed.

What you'll be responsible for:

• Deliver on the sprint commitments through development of features & bugs across various services
• Participate in development planning, retrospectives and demos
• Help decompose high level requirements into development tasks and work items for delegation
• Keep the team informed regarding expectations, priorities, release status and project schedules
• Provide effort estimation for sprint and product roadmap deliverables
• Contribute to continuous improvement of our software delivery processes and practices
• Bring technical expertise and help evolve processes within your team
• Participate in code reviews & improve the standards of code quality
• Support the tools and products that the team delivers

What you’ll be bringing to the team:

• Strong software engineering and computer science fundamentals.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript, Ruby, PHP, Java or C#. 
• Our current tech stack is Ruby, Typescript, Java and the actual language used depends on the team you will join/of your interest.
• Experience developing scalable, reliable applications on the cloud (we use AWS/GCP).
• Knowledge of various architectural paradigms in distributed systems such as event-driven services would be beneficial.
• Strong sense of ownership and self-improvement, with a growth mindset

Who you are:

• You have a passion for software development and a customer-focused mindset.
• You are a team player always working towards the overall team’s success.
• You understand the need for constant improvement, self-growth, and accountability.
• You step up to solve problems for the business.

• You set ambitious goals, and act with a sense of urgency and focus

What's in it for you?

• Join a fast-paced, high-growth company.
• Work on high-traffic products used at a global scale providing critical services for our merchants.
• Surround yourself with strong talent and enjoy continuous professional growth.
• Develop in a modern and proven technology stack.
• Great benefits and perks, including equity and flexible/hybrid remote work options, in a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Opportunities to learn and expand your skill set
• Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed organization.

 … and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed equity 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

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