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Senior Software Engineer

Company Overview:

Lightspeed is a leading provider of cloud-based software for dealerships and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), serving the Powersport, Marine, RV, Trailer, Outdoor Power Equipment, and Golf Cart industries. Lightspeed’s Dealer Management Solution (DMS) enables dealerships to optimize their end-to-end business operations, including sales, parts, service, rentals, accounting, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). When implemented into their daily operations, Lightspeed helps dealers increase their profitability by selling more units, service, and parts, all while creating a more streamlined experience for customers. For nearly 40 years, Lightspeed has been empowering 4,500+ dealers across North America with the tools and technology they need to manage their dealerships.

We are an innovative and highly collaborative team that is hungry for innovative technologies. We are looking for Sr Software Engineer professionals that are responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining innovative high-quality software solutions, while also willing to maintain legacy technologies and can work in fast-paced environments. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, along with excellent communication skills both verbally and written. They must also be able to guide and mentor software engineers on their team using leadership skills to achieve our goals. The Senior Software Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative products and enhance existing systems, ensuring they meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and security. When evaluating candidates, we prioritize strong alignment with our team dynamics and culture norms--especially a collaborative mindset.

What you’ll do:

Work with your squad in an Agile manner to lead domain-driven projects with risks and/or complexity that impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service objectives. This includes pairing via zoom on a regular basis for hours a day to work on more difficult or complex issues.
Drive timely/quality delivery against business goals, while evangelizing and improving engineering excellence.
Works independently with guidance only in complex situations.
Has demonstrated Leadership abilities, including Teaching / Mentoring and Collaboration
Determines process improvements and provides technical direction to others around the completion of project goals.
Develops new concepts, methods, and techniques by staying up to date with current technologies in the field.
When given a piece of the system, they will be able to dissect it and understand how it flows, beyond their own code, companies, and third parties' code.
Develop and implement code that is clean, efficient, and well-documented, adhering to team standards.
Conduct unit testing and participate in code reviews to maintain high-quality code and does testing. Eliminates manual testing as much as possible.
Work closely with business, Product management, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, QA, Architects, and Cloud Engineering team to facilitate smooth rollouts across AWS environments (development, staging, production), ensuring alignment with project goals and operational needs.
Manage and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automating build, test, and deployment processes to streamline releases and maintain consistency across environments.
Has successfully managed projects including considering the success of the entire project in programming decisions.

What you should have:

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
5+ years of Software development experience, with a strong focus on Java/J2EE
In lieu of bachelor’s degree at least 8 years of experience
Experience with large scale systems along with exposure to E2E design.
Experience utilizing Agile and Scrum software development methodologies
Proficient with test-driven development
Strong verbal and written communication skills along with prioritization of duties
Collaborative problem-solving ability and self-motivated
Programming and design experience to execute on a project independently.
Ability to document, track and monitor a problem/issue to a timely resolution
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience using and supporting JBoss/Wildfly
Ability to troubleshoot and debug complex systems in a cloud environment, preferably AWS. AWS certifications are also a plus.
Strong understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL preferably.
Experience with messaging systems like RabbitMQ.
Experience with microservices architecture and RESTful web services.
Experience with API Gateways and building Lambda's and NodeJS/Next API Services.

In today’s competitive job market, transparency and trust are more important than ever. At Lightspeed, we believe in fostering an open and honest work environment, starting with our job postings. Pay transparency is a key component of this commitment, ensuring that potential candidates have a clear understanding of the compensation they can expect.

Remote

$124,125—$161,928 USD

Inclusion and Diversity at Lightspeed:

At Lightspeed, we celebrate the uniqueness of every individual and encourage diverse perspectives. We believe that inclusion drives innovation and fosters meaningful connections. We are committed to building an environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to make an impact.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Lightspeed is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category.

Important Note:

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

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