Senior Software Developer – Backend

About Lightspeedhq

Lightspeed is a global company dedicated to empowering merchants with advanced technology solutions.

Job Summary

We are seeking a talented Senior Backend Developer to join one of our energetic teams in our Toronto office. In this role, you will help drive the growth and development of our Hospitality product group, aiding our goal to expand into new markets and strengthen our comprehensive commerce platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with some of the industry’s most adept minds, enhancing our omnichannel product through the development of innovative features and workflows.
• Enrich and extend our product capabilities by contributing to our AWS-hosted, microservice-based platform.
• Juggle responsibilities between crafting new features and maintaining existing integrations with partners, prioritizing new feature development as we continuously venture into new markets.
• Report to the Development Team Lead, maintaining robust interaction with Product Managers, Product Designers, and Platform Teams.
• Participate in daily agile ceremonies, ignite innovation that challenges the status quo, and actualize solution-oriented ideas.
• Advocate for superior code quality and accountability, contributing actively to infrastructure health.
• Foster growth within your team by disseminating knowledge and best practices, while perpetually striving for advancement and progression.

Requirements

• Outstanding Java knowledge with 5+ years of production usage experience.
• Expert knowledge of the Spring framework.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• A strong advocate for testing, with experience in automated testing frameworks.
• Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Fluency in English as a working language is required for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

• One additional backend language (Python, Go).
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Experience with cloud environments like GCP, AWS, and cloud solutions like Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Experience with real-time messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ etc.).