Software Engineer
Lightspeed POS
We are on the lookout for talented Software Engineers to join our high-performing team. We work to deliver new features and functionality in order to stay ahead of the game; delivering our customers exactly what they’re after (before they even know they need it).
We're growing and disrupting quickly as a company, and as part of that growth we have some unique and interesting challenges to solve, both from a technical and business opportunity standpoint. We work with big data and mission critical high concurrency as our customers are always connected and their livelihoods depend on us being online 24 / 7. So we need to ensure the solutions we build are scalable, stable, testable and easily maintainable.
Our Team
- We work in small focused agile product squads where every member of the team can contribute ideas and shape features from the early conception right through to delivery. We’re continually developing and improving our tools and processes in order to deliver better product as well as team quality and productivity.
- You'll work alongside other brilliant engineers to craft robust systems and beautiful interfaces. You'll write clear, performant, testable and elegant code and be a strong advocate for modern development practices. Collaborate with others in technical discussions, code reviews and architecture reviews.
Your role
You'll have the opportunity to work on different areas of multiple products depending on your skillset and preference. We have a game changing roadmap of current and new products and projects in the pipeline with many exciting development opportunities such as
- Building new microservices using NodeJs and Typescript while leveraging AWS suite of services
- Creating microfrontends using React or potentially newer frontend frameworks such as Svelte
- Work with big data on reporting for our customers while utilising Machine Learning
- Native application development using React Native
- API development and integrations with the Lightspeed platform
Required
- At least 2 years commercial experience as a software engineer
- Collaborative, test-driven, and agile full-stack development
- NodeJs or GoLang, and Php as a plus
- JavaScript ES6 / ES20xx
- Experience with either React, Vue, Angular or other javascript frontend framework.
- Advanced SQL (MySQL, Postgres)
- Design patterns such as OOD, MVC and SOLID principles
- Analytical mind with strong problem solving and critical thinking abilities
Desired
- Jest, Jasmine, Karma, Playwright, Cypress, Selenium and other testing frameworks/tools
- CircleCI, Travis or other CI/CD platform
- Typescript, Flowtype
- Yii, Laravel, Symfony or other PHP framework
- Redis, Memcached, DynamoDB and other NoSQL data stores
- Experience building microservices (Node, Golang, Serverless, API Gateway, Lambda, Amplify, AppSync, GraphQL)
- Familiarity with the whole AWS ecosystem (EC2, RDS, Aurora, ElastiCache, ElasticBeanstalk, SQS, SNS, etc.)
- Experience working in an agile environment
- Experience with native iOS/Android app development in Obj-C, Swift, React Native, Java, Kotlin a plus
- Security and cryptography (including OAuth 2.0 and XSS countermeasures)
Perks
- Brew up? We have a full self-service cafe set up in the office featuring coffee from Australia’s finest roasters (think Mecca, Sample, Industry Beans etc.), with our very own coffee experts floating around to teach you a trick or two
- Gelato Messina fridge stocked with new flavours on a regular basis
- Fully stocked fridge of different craft beers #PoweredByLightspeed
- Work hard and play hard with table tennis and foosball
- Organised activities such as hackathons, board game nights
- Flexible working arangements
To all recruitment agencies:
Lightspeed does not accept agency resumes.
Please do not forward resumes to Lightspeed employees or any other company location. Lightspeed is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Who we are
Lightspeed (TSX/NYSE: LSPD) powers small and medium-sized businesses with its cloud-based, omni-channel commerce platforms in over 100 countries around the world. With smart, scalable, and dependable point of sale systems, Lightspeed provides all-in-one solutions that help restaurants and retailers sell across channels, manage operations, engage with consumers, accept payments, and grow their business.
Headquartered in Montréal, Canada, Lightspeed is trusted by favourite local businesses, where the community goes to shop and dine. Lightspeed has offices in Canada, USA, Europe, and Australia.
We're passionate about enabling people to do their best work. Come work with us and find out what you can do!