Senior Software Developer

Summary

Join Lightspeed as a Senior Java Developer and contribute to the expansion of our hospitality commerce platform. You will collaborate with a team to create and extend product functionality, develop clean and maintainable code, and evolve our backend architecture. This role requires excellent Java skills, experience with related frameworks, and a solid understanding of computer science. You will work closely with product managers, designers, and other developers to deliver innovative solutions. Lightspeed offers a flexible work culture, opportunities for professional growth, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent foundational knowledge of the Java programming language
• Good knowledge of the Java ecosystem: Spring, Spring Boot and the Spring ecosystem
• Maven (or Gradle)
• Testing frameworks like Mockito, Junit, Spock, Testcontainers, Cucumber
• JPA, Hibernate or other ORM
• Other common libraries and tooling like Lombok, Liquibase, Mapstruct, etc
• Experience with relational/SQL (eg. MySQL) databases
• Experience writing automated unit and functional tests with one of the frameworks
• Solid foundation of knowledge in computer science
• Able to analyse and debug production problems, incidents and performance issues

Responsibilities

• Create and extend functionality of our products
• Develop clean, highly maintainable and well tested code
• Develop and evolve our overall backend architecture
• Extend our continuous integration / continuous deployment environment
• Work as part of a team (squad) to deliver product features and functionality
• Extend your very own skills by learning from and growing with the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in multiple Java ecosystem frameworks
• Experience scaling Microservice architectures and implementing advanced patterns of distributed and fault tolerant systems
• Experience with non-relational/NoSQL (eg. DynamoDB, Redis) databases
• Experience working in an Agile development environment
• Experience with cloud environments like AWS or GCP and their products
• Experience with Kafka or other real time messaging systems (eg. Pub/Sub)
• Computer Sciences degree or equivalent
• Experience with Docker & Kubernetes and running Java containers in the cloud
• Experience in building and maintaining a CI/CD pipeline
• Knowledge on Security topics (authentication and authorisation patterns, OAuth2, PKI, etc)

Benefits

• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and possibility of remote work
• Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale
• Exposure to modern and proven technology
• Opportunity to learn and expand your skill set
• Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
• Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
• Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
• Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family
• Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners)
• Health & Wellness Credit- expense up to 400 EUR per year towards your gym membership, yoga classes, a new bike or whatever else you do for your health
• Mental Health Support through the Modern Health App- whether it is meditation, coaching or counseling you need - each employee gets access to this platform
• People Experience - Our PX benefit allows you to work from pretty much anywhere in the world for 60 days a year
• LinkedIn Learning: At Lightspeed we believe in having a growth mindset, we provide free access to LinkedIn learning along with your career GPS to help you learn & grow
• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
• Transit benefit whether you travel by public transport or by car to our Amsterdam office
• Company contribution to your pension fund
• Regular breakfast or lunches, drinks & snacks in our office