\nHello there! Thanks for dropping by 👋\n\nAre you actively on the lookout for a fresh career opportunity, or perhaps you're just exploring what's out there? Well, you've landed in the right spot!\n\nWe're in search of a Senior Backend Developer to join our Lightspeed Retail Team in North America. With Lightspeed Retail, you'll be at the helm of crafting software solutions that empower merchants with all the essential tools they need to flourish in the market. You'll be part of a dynamic product development squad that lives and breathes continuous value delivery. We're fervent about upholding software engineering best practices and constructing resilient, scalable solutions that cater to our valued customers.\n\nFor this role, we're seeking candidates located in Canada, available to work within EST/EDT hours.\n\nWhat you’ll be responsible for:\n\n\n* Developing and maintaining our migration tooling using Node.js, Serverless and AWS Lambda\n\n* Collaborating with product managers, developers and stakeholders as part of a cross-functional team to deliver features and functionality\n\n* Writing code that is clean, tested, maintainable, and efficient; encourage others to do so via meaningful code reviews \n\n* Extending your own skills by learning from and growing with the team\n\n* Be part of defining the product transformation as Lightspeed evolves its offerings to merchants & consumers globally\n\n* Helping us all celebrate our achievements and have fun together along the way!\n\n\n\n\nWhat you’ll be bringing to the team:\n\n\n* Strong proficiency with Node.js\n\n* Experience building integrations with third party APIs\n\n* Comfortable leading technical design discussions. Able to help make technical decisions, organize & mentor teammates to achieve common goals and to help plan delivery effectively\n\n* A strong sense of ownership for your features\n\n* Ability to analyze production environments, incidents and performance characteristics in order to improve existing features & systems and plan new ones\n\n* Passion for learning new things and a desire to continuously improve\n\n* Proven track record of delivering high-quality software projects on time\n\n\n\n\nEven better if you have hands-on experience with (but not necessary):\n\n\n* Knowledge of PHP or Ruby \n\n* Knowledge of front-end (React and Typescript preferred)\n\n* Experience with data transformation and relational (SQL) database\n\n* Knowledge of serverless computing\n\n* Familiarity with cloud services such as AWS, GCP, or Azure \n\n* Experience working in an Agile development environment\n\n* Real-time messaging systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub, etc.)\n\n\n\n\nWho you are:\n\n\n* You are a problem solver who does not shy away from tackling complexity and critical thinking\n\n* You assess rather than assume\n\n* You have a strong will to learn, grow and get out of your comfort zone\n\n* You have a great energy and passion for technology\n\n\n\n\nWe 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 let’s have a chat!\n\nWhat’s in it for you?\n\nCome live the Lightspeed experience...\n\n\n* Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and the option of fully remote work\n\n* Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs every day\n\n* Opportunity to make a difference; help merchants grow their businesses and become more successful by creating or improving products and addressing customer feedback\n\n* Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact\n\n* Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale\n\n* Opportunities to learn and expand your skill set\n\n* Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family\n\n\n\n\n… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:\n\n\n* Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners)\n\n* Flexible paid time off policy\n\n* Extended Healthcare benefits\n\n* Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year\n\n* Paid leave and assistance for new parents\n\n* Mental health online platform and counseling & coaching services\n\n* Volunteer day\n\n\n\n#LI-DS1 \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Serverless, Cloud, PHP, Typescript, Senior and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nToronto, Ontario, Canada

\nWhat will you do at Nomad?\n\nThe Integration team is focused on making developers more productive by providing shared systems and infrastructure to operate with our 3rd parties. As a key member of the team, you’ll work with members of other teams to define standards and best practices for backend development, and influence the long-term evolution of technology for the country’s first tech-driven healthcare staffing platform!\n\nResponsibilities include:\n\n\nWork closely with a small, dynamic team to build product and platform features that will  improve the performance and experience of Nomad\n\nDefine and implement best practices for clean, extensible code\n\nOwn the architecture, frameworks, and toolkits used to build and maintain the product\n\nProvide mentorship to fellow engineers\n\nLead discussions and contribute to technical architecture decisions\n\nWork with 3rd parties to provide integrations for Nomad systems\n\nProvide mentorship for Jr. software engineers\n\n\n\n\nWho are you?\n\n\nBackend development experience in Python, Ruby, PHP or a similar language.\n\nStrong object-oriented design principles\n\nDeep understanding of application state management\n\nStrong understanding of REST principles and experience building and consuming REST APIs\n\nStrong drive to bring new products and ideas to market quickly, a willingness to experiment and take risks, and a desire to work in a tight-knit, dynamic, collaborative environment\n\nA strong leader with excellent communication skills\n\n\n\n\nBonus Qualifications\n\n\nExperience using Postgres, MongoDB, Google Cloud PubSub, or BigQuery\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Amazon, Senior, SaaS, Engineer, Education, Sales, Developer, Digital Nomad, Legal, Internship, Web, Teaching, Video, API, Mobile, Python, Software, JavaScript, Ruby, Director, Travel, Finance, Android, Backend, Cloud, PHP and Medical jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nNew York City, New York, United States