• We are looking for a leader with a solid, demonstrable technical background, who can earn the respect of developers with their knowledge and experience
• You will have a proven track record of supporting, mentoring, leading and growing a development team, and of delivering high-scale cloud-based software systems
• You will enjoy problem-solving and removing blockers to the team’s progress, and will have experience collaborating with Product teams and customer stakeholders
• You will be an effective and clear communicator who can direction-set and track team delivery in a distributed, fast-moving and rapidly-changing agile environment
• For this role, you should be located in Canada, and able to work within EST/EDT hours. We offer a choice of fully remote, partially remote or fully office-based work environments (in cities with local offices)
• 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 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
• Experience in the Payments domain
• Experience in full-stack web application development
• A leader with strong people skills who can manage and represent your team
• A teacher and mentor helping individuals to grow and reach their full potential
• A communicator who can clearly convey requirements, best practices and status updates to both technical and non-technical audiences
• A problem-solver who embraces tackling complexity and removing roadblocks
• A decisive decision-maker who can handle change and ambiguity

Desirable

• Lightspeed Capital is looking for a Software Development Manager in North America to grow and lead our technical team within the Financial Services organization
• Reporting to the Senior Manager, Capital, you will help us lead, mentor and grow a high-performing software development team and cultivate an inclusive, inspiring working culture
• Under your guidance, developers will deliver Capital products and services that are mission-critical to Lightspeed’s long-term vision and growth
• Guiding, motivating and growing a team of software developers as they solve complex problems in the Capital 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