Software Development Manager

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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!

We’re looking for a Software Development Manager to join our team in Canada. In this role, you will own the engagement and performance of engineers by developing resilience and nurturing high-performance; leading by example and empowering others to do their best work. The ideal candidate for this role has a strong background in technical delivery and has the ability to provide technical advice/weigh in on technical decisions that impact other teams or the company at large.

Engineering @ Lightspeed:

Our engineering culture values creating autonomous and empowered teams who want to push to deliver frequently and iteratively to production. In your role as Software Development Manager you’ll be tasked with helping to solve difficult problems for our merchants across the globe.

We build new features on top of a modern stack, consisting of web apps (Typescript/React) communicating through APIs to Go services, backed by databases and Kafka topics, all deployed using Docker in a continuous delivery cycle to AWS. With a change deployed to production, on average, every 7 minutes.

What you’ll be doing:

• Coach, mentor, guide, and motivate a team of hard working engineers from all backgrounds. This includes all aspects of people management including hiring and training team members,  and using tools like great 1:1s, peer programming, whiteboarding or training sessions.
• Help your team deliver code in a high trust environment using continuous delivery, ensuring the team has a great delivery cadence and a strong connection with stakeholders (using demos, retros, blameless incident reviews, and the like).. While you won’t be as hands-on with the code as your team are, you’ll still be leading by example, writing code, helping with code reviews, and fixing bugs; as well as providing technical advice and documentation for systems/processes.
• Evaluate the performance of the technical architecture of our infrastructure and adopt industry trends 

We're looking for a candidate who has experience with the following:

• Providing technical leadership to deliver solutions to complex problems. Including previous experience architecting solutions and managing delivery.
• Significant experience in previous success and failure (“scars”), which help will you make better decisions
• Significant experience in working on major systems in one or more languages, ideally having worked on a SaaS product previously.
• Someone who is adaptable and knows how to build, change, and adapt to the needs of a company as it grows
• Previous people leadership experience is ideal, or you’re ready to take the leap into team leadership

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!

What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience...

• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture.

•     Join a fast-paced, high-growth company.
• Work on systems that handle billions of dollars in transactions for our merchants globally.

•   Surround yourself with strong talent and enjoy continuous professional growth.
•   Develop in a modern and proven technology stack.
•   Great benefits and perks, including equity and flexible/hybrid remote work options, in a diverse and inclusive environment.
•   Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale.
•   Opportunities to learn and expand your skill set

Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family.

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

•   Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners)
•   Flexible paid time off policy
•   Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
•   Paid leave and assistance for new parents
•   Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services
•   Volunteer day

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.