Software Development Manager

Summary

Join Lightspeed as a Software Development Manager in North America to lead and grow a high-performing software development team within the Payments organization. Reporting to the Director of Payments, you will mentor developers, cultivate a positive work culture, and deliver mission-critical Payments products and services. This leadership role requires a strong technical background, proven experience in leading and growing development teams, and delivering high-scale cloud-based software systems. You will collaborate with Product teams and stakeholders, effectively communicate, and track team delivery in a fast-paced agile environment. The position offers a choice of fully remote, partially remote, or fully office-based work environments in cities with local offices. Candidates should be located in Canada and able to work within EST/EDT hours.

Requirements

• Experience leading a team of developers through successful delivery of software products
• Experience delivering microservice-driven, scalable, cloud-based applications
• Strong working knowledge of Java and/or TypeScript
• Professional experience in agile development and continuous delivery best practices
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Ability to personally coach, mentor and drive individuals and overall teams
• Strong passion for continuous learning and improvement
• A quality-driven mindset with a focus on software scalability and resilience

Responsibilities

• Guiding, motivating and growing a team of software developers as they solve complex problems in the Payments domain
• Directly and indirectly managing a team through collaboration with, and mentorship of a Technical Lead Staff Engineer
• Working closely with architects, Product teams, engineering leadership and stakeholders to align on team priorities and roadmaps
• Identifying, communicating and removing impediments and risks to delivery, within the team and across Financial Services as a whole
• Planning and furthering the professional growth of individual team members, including 1-1s, performance reviews, ongoing feedback, goal-setting and promotions
• Reporting up to engineering leadership and stakeholders on team progress and status
• Finding and hiring top talent for your team and the wider organization
• Providing technical and process guidance to the team during delivery

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the Payments, Risk, and/or E-commerce domains
• Experience in building scalable SaaS solutions
• Experience in full-stack web application development
• Solid knowledge of cloud services (AWS and GCP in particular)
• Project Management or Scrum master experience, or formal training
• Experience in test automation and/or DevOps engineering

Benefits

• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and possibility of remote work
• Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders