We’re looking for a Staff Software Developer to join our Retail team in Canada. You will personally contribute to the key parts of the systems to deliver innovative solutions that meet customer needs. You will uplevel engineering craft across the organization by providing technical guidance, promoting best practices, mentoring fellow engineers, while empowering the teams to build toward a sustainable architecture. Location: Canada. We offer fully remote, partially remote, or fully office-based environments. Work within EST/EDT hours. What You'll Be Responsible For Building software: coding, code reviews, bug fixes, peer programming, incident response, and reverse‑engineering. Planning and architecture: estimating, collaborating with product, establishing MVPs. Learning and teaching: chapter reviews, research, meetups, coaching and mentoring developers. Enabling: working on shared libraries, contributing to open source, defining and documenting best practices. Avoiding pitfalls: identifying risks in delivering complex features and proposing mitigation. What you’ll be bringing to the team Extensive staff‑level experience, proven track record of operating through large‑scale incidents and system failures. Systems thinking with deep proficiency in a relevant tech stack. Modern tooling experience, including AI‑assisted coding and deployment strategies. Excellent communication: simplifying complex technical tradeoffs for stakeholders and peers; proactive risk communication. Who You Are Principled but pragmatic technical leader with strong, evidence‑based opinions. Continuous force multiplier: building systems, tools, and developing people around you. Owner & advocate: acting with urgency, walking backwards from the customer. Boundary‑spanning problem solver: operating across squads and creating reusable primitives. Compensation & Benefits Salary range: $175,000 to $190,000 CAD (for Ontario). Includes medical, dental, wellness, life and disability insurance, RRSP plan with match, paid parental leave top‑up, and paid time off. Benefits: flexible paid time off, remote work policies, equity options, pension contributions, training opportunities, health and wellness credit, volunteer time off, interest groups, employee‑led networks, social committees, computer purchase program, enhanced parental leave. Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive barrier‑free workplace. Accommodations are available on request for candidates participating in the selection process. #J-18808-Ljbffr