Ecwid by Lightspeed is an international IT Company with more than 6 million users all over the world. Our product is the online store constructor for little and middle businesses. Now we are a part of the global business — Lightspeed.

We are looking for a new Development Team Lead to help us lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing software development team and cultivate an inclusive environment that inspires the team to do their best work. Under your guidance, the team will take on the critical mission of taking our flagship restaurant POS platform to the next level by improving the scalability and redundancy of our microservices and data stores.

❑ Primary responsibilities

• Lead the way developing performant, scaling and maintainable microservices

• Be the trusted lead and partner of a development team of 5-6 members

• Work closely with other teams, architects, product managers and the engineering leaders to align on approach and priorities

• Guide, motivate, and grow your team of skilled software developers as they solve complex business problems;

• Initiate and contribute to continuous improvement of our software delivery processes and practices;

• Participate in finding top talent for your team and the organization;

• Provide technical and process guidance to your team;

• Participate in code reviews in order to teach and enforce high standards of code quality.

❑ Requirements

• Experience leading a team of developers through successful software projects

• Solid experience delivering horizontally scalable microservices;

• Advanced skills in Java, Python, Go or other languages

• Professional experience with and solid knowledge of SQL or NoSQL databases

• Solid understanding of Agile development and continuous delivery best practices

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills

• Ability to provide guidance, mentoring and context to team members

❑ Nice To Have

• Understanding of Java Spring or other frameworks for microservice development

• Interest in eCommerce and POS systems

• Experience building scalable SaaS solutions

• Solid knowledge of major cloud services like AWS, GCP and Azure

• Project Management or Scrum master experience (or formal training)

• Experience with BI and Big Data pipelines.

• Understanding code beauty and the right level of test automation

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent

❑ What’s in it for you
— Become part of the fantastic global hospitality team
— Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture, and the possibility of remote work
— Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale
— Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
— Excellent benefits & perks, including RSU (stock units) of Lightspeed