
Senior Software Developer - Backend
- Montreal, QC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Collaborate with some of the industry's most adept minds, enhancing our omnichannel product through the development of innovative features and workflows.
- Enrich and extend our product capabilities by contributing to our AWS-hosted, microservice-based platform.
- Juggle responsibilities between crafting new features and maintaining existing integrations with partners, prioritizing new feature development as we continuously venture into new markets.
- Report to the Development Team Lead, maintaining robust interaction with Product Managers, Product Designers, and Platform Teams.
- Participate in daily agile ceremonies, ignite innovation that challenges the status quo, and actualize solution-oriented ideas.
- Advocate for superior code quality and accountability, contributing actively to infrastructure health.
- Foster growth within your team by disseminating knowledge and best practices, while perpetually striving for advancement and progression.
- Outstanding Java knowledge with 5+ years of production usage experience
- Expert knowledge of the Spring framework
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns
- Experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
- A strong advocate for testing, with experience in automated testing frameworks
- Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
- Proficiency in English, exhibiting effective communication skills.
- One additional backend language (Python, Go)
- Experience working in an Agile development environment
- Experience with cloud environments like GCP, AWS, and cloud solutions like Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
- Experience with real-time messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ etc.)
- Experience with both relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases
- Computer Sciences degree or equivalent
- Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
- 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.
- Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
- Flexible working policy 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!
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 .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.Lightspeed handles your information in accordance with our .