Staff Software Engineer, Lightspeed
Golang
+ Equity
Relocation package avaliable
3-5 days a week in office
Point of Sale & commerce platform
Be an early applicant
Point of Sale & commerce platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
Relocation package avaliable
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring the streets of our cities and communities to life by powering business owners with technology.
Role
Who you are
- Senior-level work experience with Golang, specializing in concurrent programming and microservices
- High proficiency with Java and Kotlin
- Strong experience with Relational databases and NoSQL (PostgreSQL, Redis)
- Track record of writing performant, maintainable code across different languages
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Strong drive, communication skills, and ownership mindset
- Full working proficiency in English
Desirable
- Experience with AWS
- Frontend experience with Vue and React
- Familiarity with gRPC, protocol buffers, and GraphQL
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code
- Knowledge of eCommerce / POS systems
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Staff/Senior Software Engineer specializing in Golang to join one of our development teams, focusing on the Lightspeed Omnichannel product
- As our Golang expert, you'll work across products in a multi-language environment that includes Java and Kotlin. Your time will be spent architecting scalable solutions, writing high-performance Go code, designing distributed systems, authoring RFCs to drive larger changes, and mentoring other engineers
- You will have the opportunity to work with some of the smartest people in the company, making a significant impact on the fastest-growing part of Lightspeed while helping shape our technical direction for the future
- Building high-performance microservices in Golang while contributing to our flagship platforms built with Java and Kotlin
- Developing clean, idiomatic Go code with a focus on concurrency and scalability, while maintaining high standards across our multi-language codebase
- Collaborating as part of a team (squad) to deliver product features and functionality, bridging communication between different technology stacks
- Engaging with our product managers, senior developers, and other stakeholders to drive technical decisions and architecture improvements
- Growing your expertise in Golang best practices while expanding your knowledge of Java/Kotlin ecosystems and distributed systems
Our take
Lightspeed provides restaurateurs and retailers with the simplest way to run their businesses at full potential. It helps entrepreneurs offer their customers positive and memorable experiences by taking care of the day-to-day management aspects of their business.
Around 75,000 businesses processing over $17 billion in transactions annually use Lightspeed’s restaurant POS software and omnichannel retail solution to manage inventory, customer preferences, sales and reporting — all from one centralised platform. Headquartered in Montreal, Lightspeeds team is distributed across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, now serving over 150,000 locations worldwide.
Lightspeed POS maintains a unique edge over other companies of its type because it has secured the legal rights for the sole use of certain technologies. It has two registered patents in computing, calculating categories. These patents certify that Lightspeed POS is the sole owner of this intellectual property, which means that no other companies can use them.
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Company
Company benefits
- With Lightspeed PX, you can enjoy flexible paid time off and up to 2 months remote per year with our hybrid work policy
- Equity options, because this is your company too
- Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters
- Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
- Health and wellness credit so you feel your best
- Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
- Interest groups, from #coffee_pals to sponsored sports teams
- Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook
Company values
- We make it matter.
- We make it happen.
- We make it together.
- We make it human.
- We make it about the customer.
- We make it data driven.
Company HQ
Old Montreal, Montreal, QC
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Leadership
Dax Dasilva
(Executive Chair)Founder of Never Apart, previously Developer of Bitmovers. Studied Computer Science, Art History, and Religious Studies at The University of British Columbia. Served as CEO for Lightspeed for 17 years until 2022.
JP Chauvet
(CEO, not founder)Co-founded Chardonnat and served as CEO of Atex and as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for both Nstein Technologies and IXIASOFT.
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