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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!
Weâre looking for a Software Development Manager to join our team in Auckland. In this role, you will own the engagement and performance of engineers by developing resilience and nurturing high-performance; leading by example and empowering others to do their best work. The ideal candidate for this role has a strong background in technical delivery and has the ability to provide technical advice/weigh in on technical decisions that impact other teams or the company at large.
What youâll be doing:
- Coach, mentor, guide, and motivate a team of hard working engineers from all backgrounds. This includes all aspects of people management including hiring and training team members, and using tools like great 1:1s, peer programming, whiteboarding or training sessions
- Help your team deliver code in a high trust environment using continuous delivery, ensuring the team has a great delivery cadence and a strong connection with stakeholders (using demos, retros, blameless incident reviews, etc.). While you wonât be as hands-on with the code as your team are, youâll still be leading by example, writing code, helping with code reviews, and fixing bugs; as well as providing technical advice and documentation for systems/processes
- Evaluate the performance of the technical architecture of our infrastructure and adopt industry trends
What you need to bring:
We're looking for a candidate who has experience with the following:
- Proven technical experience having worked in a Senior Software Development role
- Prior experience in technical leadership to deliver solutions to complex problems, including previous experience architecting solutions and managing delivery
- Significant experience working on major systems in one or more languages, ideally having worked on a SaaS product previously
- Previous people leadership experience is ideal, otherwise youâre ready to take the leap into team leadership
We know that people are more than whatâs on their CV. If youâre unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the âApplyâ button and give it a try!
Whatâs in it for you?
Come live the Lightspeed experience...
- Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
- Genuine career opportunities in a company thatâs creating new jobs everyday;
- Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.
⊠and enjoy a range of benefits thatâll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:
- Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 60 days per year
- Flexible working policy
- Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
- Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services
- Paid leave and assistance for new parents
- Free LinkedIn Learning license
- Paid Volunteer day
- Complimentary breakfast and lunch options, along with fresh fruits, snacks, and beverages stocked in the office
- Exciting events hosted regularly by our Auckland Culture Club
- Secure, full-time parking facilities
- Brand new office space located in Newmarket (Auckland)
- Dog friendly environment
Do you need additional support during an interview?
At Lightspeed, we acknowledge that we face the unique challenge of engaging with and hiring diverse talent from marginalised communities with different personal or cultural norms. For many candidates from these underrepresented groups, a job interview can be an extra stressful or challenging experience. Taking this nuanced perspective into consideration, Lightspeed is pleased to offer Supported Interviews! This means youâre welcome to bring whÄnau or a support person along with you during any Lightspeed interview (excluding initial recruiter phone call). This ensures you have the best opportunity to display your full range of strengths.
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 youâre 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 Montrealâs 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.

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