Senior Software Developer, Lightspeed

• Excellent communication skills in English
• Excellent foundational knowledge of the Java programming language
• Good knowledge of the Java ecosystem:
• Spring, Spring Boot and the Spring ecosystem
• Maven (or Gradle)
• Testing frameworks like Mockito, Junit, Spock, Testcontainers, Cucumber
• JPA, Hibernate or other ORM
• Other common libraries and tooling like Lombok, Liquibase, Mapstruct, etc
• Experience with both relational/SQL (eg. MySQL) and non-relational/NoSQL (eg. Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, Redis) databases
• Experience writing automated unit and functional tests with one of the frameworks
• Knowledge of monitoring applications for performance and reliability
• Experience with real-time messaging systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub, etc.)
• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented programming and design patterns
• Experience with building robust and complete APIs (REST, GraphQL, etc)
• Familiarity with API documentation and standards such as OpenAPI
• Commitment to clean code, maintainability, and systematic correctness
• You are a team player who likes to contribute to discussions and share your experience
• You are self-motivated and can function effectively in a team environment with minimum supervision
• You are always seeking improvement and progress
• You are eager to make decisions and not afraid of making mistakes

Desirable

• As a Backend developer, you will support Lightspeed's Hospitality product group in our mission to expand our reach into new markets and countries while enhancing our advanced hospitality commerce platform
• We are looking for a thoughtful, well-rounded Backend engineer to join our team and help build tools that thousands of customers use every single day to manage their hospitality business
• You will join a healthy and collaborative team, continuously improving our engineering practices, and delivering state-of-the-art technology, all while keeping it fun
• New Product Features: Design and implement new features that expand our product, and can scale to thousands of restaurant managers and staff
• API Development: Build robust and complete RESTful APIs to integrate with our mobile application, ensuring they are well-documented and adhere to standards such as OpenAPI
• Clean Code and Documentation: Write clean, maintainable, well-documented and well tested code to support the scalability and reliability of our platform
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Product Managers, Product Designers, and Platform Teams to achieve project objectives and enhance development practices
• Performance Monitoring: Analyze system performance and implement monitoring solutions to ensure optimal operation and quick resolution of issues
• Continuous Learning and Growth: Extend your skills by learning from and growing with the team, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and innovation