Staff Software Engineer (Golang)

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The company

Lightspeed is a one-stop commerce platform that empowers merchants around the world to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our culture is driven by shared values and initiatives that support our employees, we encourage a work-life that works for everyone. Your happiness, whether you're working, hustling, or vacationing, is at the core of our company.

The Team

We are the eCommerce business unit and our goal is to enable merchants to grow their businesses. As Lightspeed grows, we are bringing and integrating the Lightspeed ecosystem including payments, shipping, and other services to help our merchants build the most unique experience for their customers.

The Job

We're looking for a Staff / Senior Software Engineer specializing in Golang to join one of our development teams, focusing on the Lightspeed Omnichannel product. As our Golang expert, you'll work across products in a multi-language environment that includes Java and Kotlin. Your time will be spent architecting scalable solutions, writing high-performance Go code, designing distributed systems, authoring RFCs to drive larger changes, and mentoring other engineers.

You will have the opportunity to work with some of the smartest people in the company, making a significant impact on the fastest-growing part of Lightspeed while helping shape our technical direction for the future.

What you’ll be doing :

• Building high-performance microservices in Golang while contributing to our flagship platforms built with Java and Kotlin
• Developing clean, idiomatic Go code with a focus on concurrency and scalability, while maintaining high standards across our multi-language codebase
• Collaborating as part of a team (squad) to deliver product features and functionality, bridging communication between different technology stacks
• Engaging with our product managers, senior developers, and other stakeholders to drive technical decisions and architecture improvements
• Growing your expertise in Golang best practices while expanding your knowledge of Java / Kotlin ecosystems and distributed systems

What you need to bring :

Even better if you have, but not necessary :

What’s in it for you

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