Staff Frontend Developer (Vue.JS)

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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

Lightspeed is a one-stop commerce platform that empowers merchants around the world to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our culture is driven through shared values and initiatives that support our employees, we encourage a work-life that works for everyone. Your happiness, whether you're working, hustling, or vacationing, is at the core of our company.

The Team

We’re the eCommerce Extensibility team at Lightspeed. Our goal is to make the platform ridiculously easy to customize and integrate with, so merchants can shape their online stores to fit their unique needs. We build the APIs, tools, and systems that enable developers and partners to extend our platform - functionally and visually.

You’ll be joining a team that’s shaping how merchants and partners build on top of Lightspeed.

What you’ll be doing:

We’re looking for an experienced Staff Developer with a focus on Front-End technologies and expertise in Vue.Js. You will work on our flagship eCommerce product and own the delivery of major features from the design phase to the production release. With strong technical expertise in building scalable & resilient systems and a passion for mentoring others, you will take an active role in leading your team to successfully land key initiatives and have the opportunity to work with multiple technology stacks, big data, building and maintaining distributed systems, and everything in between.

• Design and evolve the extensibility layer of our platform
• Build developer-facing tooling that enables full customizations
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to shape both technical direction and product experience
• Be a mentor and technical leader within our frontend chapter
• Keep an eye on security updates and issues found with Vue.js and all project dependencies
• Propose any upgrades and updates necessary for keeping up with modern security and development best practices
• Stay up-to-date with all recent developments in the JavaScript and Vue.js space

What you need to bring to the team:

• Ability to write efficient, secure, well-documented, and clean JavaScript/TypeScript code
• Proficiency with Vue.js framework and its core principles such as components, reactivity, and the virtual DOM
• Proficiency with modern development tools, like Vite, Git
• Experience with both consuming and designing RESTful APIs
• Full working proficiency in English
• An appetite for learning

Even better if you have, but not necessary:

• Understanding of server-side rendering and its benefits and use cases
• Familiarity with automated JavaScript testing, specifically testing frameworks such as Jest or Mocha
• Knowledge of eCommerce / POS systems

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you are unsure that you have the right profile for the role? Hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!

What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience!

• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture with the option of working remotely or from one of our beautiful offices
• Genuine career growth opportunities within a company that's continuously expanding.
• Make a meaningful impact by helping merchants grow their businesses through creating or improving products and addressing customer feedback.
• Be part of a team large enough for growth yet agile enough for real impact.
• Work on high-traffic products with a global user base.
• Opportunities to learn, develop new skills, and expand your expertise.
• Opportunity to work alongside other highly skilled engineers, learn and expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed culture, a true Canadian tech success story.

and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

• 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

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.