Senior Fullstack Developer (React.js & Golang)

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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!

As a Senior Software Developer you will be supporting Lightspeed's Retail product group on the mission to expand our reach into new markets and countries while enhancing our ecommerce solution. You will join our global team of developers to use cutting edge technologies to help merchants to provide the best experience to their customers. At Lightspeed, we are dedicated to bringing cities and communities to life by powering SMBs. Come and help us build our communities!

For this role, you should be located in Montreal.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Creating and extending functionality of our products by contributing to our microservice-based platform
• Developing clean and highly maintainable code 
• Mentor and guide other developers, fostering a culture of learning, innovation, and improvement within your team.
• Extending our continuous integration / continuous deployment environment
• Working as part of a team to deliver product features and functionality
• Work with our Product Managers, Designer Managers and Principal developers
• Maintain high standards for code quality, design patterns, and best practices within the team.

What you’ll be bringing to the team

• Strong foundation in computer science principles and practices.
• Extensive experience in TypeScript and JavaScript, with a focus on the React framework.
• Advanced proficiency in Golang for backend development.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Skilled in diagnosing and resolving production issues, incidents, and performance bottlenecks.
• Familiarity with real-time messaging technologies, including Pub/Sub and Kafka.
• Competent in both relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) database systems.
• Experienced in Agile methodologies, with a proven ability to work effectively within a collaborative, iterative development environment.

Who you are

• You are a leader and mentor who thrives in a team environment, bringing a positive influence and helping guide others while also learning and growing yourself.
• You are self-motivated with the ability to 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.

What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience…

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment
• Exposure to modern and proven technology
• Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale 
• Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
• Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy and healthy and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed RSU program (we are all owners)
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Flexible working policy
• Health insurance
• People Experience - Our PX benefit allows you to work from pretty much anywhere in the world for 60 days a year 
• Health and wellness benefits
• A variety of snacks, coffee, and teas are always accessible and available in the office kitchen - Tuesday's, Wednesday's and Thursday's lunch is served. 
• Paid leave assistance for new parents
• Linkedin learning
• Volunteer day

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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 you’re 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 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.